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Author:
Ryan, Erica J., 1976- author.
Title:
When the world broke in two : the roaring twenties and the dawn of America's culture wars / Erica J. Ryan.
Publisher:
Praegeran imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xv, 204 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1923-1929.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
Nativism.
Nineteen twenties.
Civilization.
Nativism.
Nineteen twenties.
Politics and government.
United States
1918-1945
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The city challenges Main Street: reshaping American culture -- Who belongs in the nativist 1920s?: Immigration, the first red scare, and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan -- Prohibition: a state of civil war -- Searching for a full life: the modern woman in 1920s America -- The dark shadow of Darwin: religion battles modernism -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"This comprehensive history of America in the 1920s presents the decade's most compelling controversies as precursors to today's culture wars."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1440842248
9781440842245
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1017589453
LCCN:
2018022565
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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