The Jazz Age. The Great War and American Prosperity Business cycles and the “Roaring 20s” Demand...
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The Jazz The Jazz Age Age “ “ The Jazz Age was wicked The Jazz Age was wicked and monstrous and silly. and monstrous and silly. Unfortunately, I had a good Unfortunately, I had a good time time.” .”
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Transcript of The Jazz Age. The Great War and American Prosperity Business cycles and the “Roaring 20s” Demand...
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”
