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The roaring twenties, a production of Schlessinger Media a division of Library Video Company ; InVision Communications

Label
The roaring twenties, a production of Schlessinger Media a division of Library Video Company ; InVision Communications
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Designed for grades 5-12
Main title
The roaring twenties
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
53935294
Responsibility statement
a production of Schlessinger Media a division of Library Video Company ; InVision Communications
Runtime
30
Series statement
United States history origins to 2000, vol. 17
Summary
This riveting program outlines an America focused on post-war prosperity. The U.S. economy was in the midst of a third industrial revolution and the automobile and consumer goods sparked fundamental changes in daily life
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- A third industrialization revolution -- Urbanization -- The revolution in manners and morals -- The electrical home -- Advertising and the promise of happiness -- The beauty industries -- The silver screen -- The jazz age -- Prohibition -- Nativists and fundamentalists -- The golden age of sports -- Lucky Lindy -- The coming of the Great Depression
Target audience
juvenile
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Roaring 20sRoaring 1920s
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