The Jazz Age
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”