Twenties in America

Informationen zum Autor Paul A. Carter is the author of The Twenties in America, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Klappentext A principal theme of the 1920s was "paradox," and Professor Carter explains the tensions that existed between city and country, progress and nostalgia for the past, progressive attitudes and the persistence of bigotry. Carter also provides incisive reevaluations of some archetypal figures of the era, such as Coolidge, Lindbergh, and Hemingway, and suggests new ways of considering events and developments such as jazz, popular sports, the Scopes trial, and isolationism. Zusammenfassung A principal theme of the 1920s was "paradox!" and Professor Carter explains the tensions that existed between city and country! progress and nostalgia for the past! progressive attitudes and the persistence of bigotry. Inhaltsverzeichnis One: Of Bohemians and Consumers 1 Lost Generation! or Joyful Pioneers? 3 Radicalism Rampant! or Conservatism Triumphant? 11 Sports! Jazz! and Other Vocations 21 Two: Of Coolidge and Hemingway 35 The Talkative President and the Critics 39 Big Society and Belittled Religion 50 The Hero in an Unheroic Age 59 Three: Of Town and Country 71 The Peerless Leader and the Gotham Cockney 76 The Ape in the Tree of Knowledge 83 Megalopolis versus Gopher Prairie 92 Suggestions for Further Study 106 Index 117

Product details

• Authors: Carter, Paul A. Carter, Paul A. (The University of Arizona) Carter, Carter Paul A.
• Assisted by: A. S. Eisenstadt (Editor), John Hope Franklin (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2013
• EAN: 9780882957173
• ISBN: 978-0-88295-717-3
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: American History; The American History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas