{"product_id":"the-twenties-in-america-isbn-9780882957173","title":"The Twenties in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eA principal theme of the 1920s was \"paradox,\" and Professor Carter explains the tensions that existed between city and country, progress and nostalgia for the past, progressive attitudes and the persistence of bigotry. Carter also provides incisive reevaluations of some archetypal figures of the era, such as Coolidge, Lindbergh, and Hemingway, and suggests new ways of considering events and developments such as jazz, popular sports, the Scopes trial, and isolationism.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOne: Of Bohemians and Consumers 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLost Generation, or Joyful Pioneers? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadicalism Rampant, or Conservatism Triumphant? 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSports, Jazz, and Other Vocations 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo: Of Coolidge and Hemingway 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Talkative President—and the Critics 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Society and Belittled Religion 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hero in an Unheroic Age 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree: Of Town and Country 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Peerless Leader and the Gotham Cockney 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ape in the Tree of Knowledge 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMegalopolis versus Gopher Prairie 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Study 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 117\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePaul A. Carter is the author of The Twenties in America, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990358474981,"sku":"NP9780882957173","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780882957173.jpg?v=1761787500","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-twenties-in-america-isbn-9780882957173","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}