The Jazz AgeThe Jazz Age

““The Jazz Age was wickedThe Jazz Age was wickedand monstrous and silly.and monstrous and silly.

Unfortunately, I had a good timeUnfortunately, I had a good time.”.”

The Great War and American Prosperity

Business cycles and the “Roaring 20s” Demand from the Allies Food production and agriculture Unemployment and wages Immigration and Internal migration A speculative mentality

The Consumer Economy

1920s and the Industrialization process Prosperity and consumption A shift from industrial demand to

consumer demand Urbanization Installment plans and debt The role of media and advertising

Automobile and Society

The “Ford Miracle” Private transportation/public investment Decentralization of the Factory, the City,

and the Economy New Social Relationships and the

Automobile Reaction to change

The New Woman

The Victorian family ideal revisited

A New consumer driven value system

Hollywood, romance, and sexuality

Margaret Sanger and birth control

The flapper image

“The Flapper”