When the World Broke in Two
Subtitle: The Roaring Twenties and the Dawn of America's Culture Wars
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Sep 14, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781440842245
Description: This comprehensive history of America in the 1920s presents the decade's most compelling controversies as precursors to today's culture wars.  Americans have been embroiled in debate over culturally significant issues including race and immigration, gender and sexuality, and morality and religion for decades. American culture as we know it is an amalgamation of generations of Americans' voices in these national debates, many of which began in the 1920s.  This book provides a detailed account of 1920s America within the context of these issues. The first on its subject written by a historian in almost 20 years, it offers a fresh perspective of America during the Roaring Twenties and on the history of the very same social and political battles we struggle with today.   Useful for students and history enthusiasts alike, this work gives readers a holistic view of a popular decade and encourages discussion about its continued relevance to modern society. Other important topics covered include city values versus rural values, creationism versus evolutionism, the modern woman, and Prohibition.
Notes: Source title: When the World Broke in Two: The Roaring Twenties and the Dawn of America's Culture Wars