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American Cultural History:
1920-1929
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
A review of the art, music,
media, literature, fashion, fads, events, and people of the 1920s,
compiled by the Kingwood (TX) College Library.
Digital History: The Jazz Age
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=67
Brief articles on many aspects of
1920's politics and culture, including religion, entertainment, and
the economy.
Illinois Trails Welcomes You to
the 1920's
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/state/alhn1920.html
Links to issues,
events and people of the 1920's, including politics, mobsters,
entertainment, women's rights, crime, aviation and a variety of
other topics.
Temperance & Prohibition
http://prohibition.osu.edu/
A history of the temperance movement
in the United States, including articles on 1920's Prohibition.
Year by Year
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
A description of historic events by
year and by decade.
Other
1920's
20th Century History: 1920-1929
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/
A collection of articles and resources
about he decade's notable people and events, including flappers,
prohibition, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Compiled by
About.com.
America's Story: Great War &
Jazz Age
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz
An overview of the era from the
Library of Congress.
Clash of Cultures in the 1910s
and 1920s
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/default.htm
The Ohio State
University Department of History traces the evolution of American
culture in the early 20th century by examining prohibition,
immigration restrictions, women's roles, and the Scopes trial.
Crazy Fads
http://www.crazyfads.com/20s.htm
Learn about 1920's fads,
including flagpole sitting, mahjongg, and dance marathons.
Flapper Culture & Style
http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
Photos of famous flappers and a
description of their fashions.
Flapper Station
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~rbotti/
Information about cars, radio,
movies, jazz, and vaudeville from the flapper era.
Jazz Age Culture
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
Comprehensive collection of links
to information about the flapper era, the Harlem Renaissance,
modernist art, and jazz age writers. Compiled by an English
professor at Pittsburg (KS) State University.
The Lawless Decade
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/index-2.htm
A pictorial history from World War I
Armistice to the New Deal.
Life in
the Roaring Twenties
http://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U7/U7_main.cfm
A brief overview and timeline of the
decade. Also available on the site, are descriptions of the era's
household appliances,
radio,
films, and
cars.
People's Century
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/
A companion web site to the PBS series
about the 20th century. Three episodes focus on the 1920s, and each
includes eyewitness interviews.
Politics of Prosperity
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture15.html
University of Wisconsin Professor
Stanley Schultz's notes for American History lecture 15, which
focuses on the 1920's culture of consumerism.
Politics of Frustration
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture16.html
University of Wisconsin Professor
Stanley Schultz's notes for American History lecture 16, which
highlights the frustrations and anxieties that many Americans dealt
with during the 1920s, including the rise of the KKK and the Scopes
Trial.
Politics of Prohibition
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture17.html
University of Wisconsin Professor
Stanley Schultz's notes for American History lecture 17, which
focuses on the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Also known
as the Volstead Act, the amendment prohibited the manufacture or
sale of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of the United
States.
Progressive Era to New Era,
1900-1929
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/progress/progress.html
A review of key events the early 20th
century from the Library of Congress.
The Roaring 1920's Concert
Extravaganza
http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml
A concert with
pictures of recording artists, such as Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, and
Eddie Cantor, along with 60 second sound clips of their music.
The Roaring 20's
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_twenties.htm
A list of web sites covering many
aspects of 1920's culture, including fashion, art, and politics.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/fitzgeraldbio.html
Biographical and critical
information compiled by a professor at Brandeis University.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/
A celebration of Fitzgerald's
life and work, compiled by the University of South Carolina.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Society
http://www.fitzgeraldsociety.org/teaching/index.html
Biographical information about
the writer and links to critical analyses of his works.
F. Scott
Fitzgerald Image Gallery
http://libweb2.princeton.edu/rbsc2/portfolio/fsf-all-list.html
Collection of
Fitzgerald photos from the Princeton University Library.
Online
Literary Criticism Collection: F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=fit-69
Links to critical
and biographical sites about Fitzgerald.
Online
Literary Criticism Collection: The Great Gatsby
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=gre-75
Links to critical
sites about The Great Gatsby.
