When I taught my college students, I tried to get across the diversity of 1920s American culture. I’d ask students their preconceptions about 1920s culture in the United States. Some thought it was a colorful time of flappers, speakeasys, dance halls, and so forth. Jazz music, the Harlem Renaissance, the radio. To some students, it […]
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How 1920s Automobiles Created A Revolution in Daily Life
Like I promised in my last post (read here), it’s time to discuss the revolution created by 1920s automobiles in the United States. Some parts of the revolution are obvious, others less so. But, overall, it might be fair to write that no single product except computers changed daily life more than automobiles did during […]