Rhetoric vs Reality
Sources
Major Problems in American History, Volume II: Since 1865 (or similar)
Chapter 7 "Crossing the Cultural Divide: The Twenties", pp.193-227
Key Texts
Allen, Frederick Lewis Only yesterday : an informal history of the nineteen-twenties
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
Andersen, Lisa M. F. The Politics of Prohibition : American Governance and the Prohibition Party, 1869–1933
Bland, Lucy Modern women on trial : sexual transgression in the age of the flapper
Carter, Paul A. The twenties in America
Curnutt, Kirk A historical guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dumenil, Lynn The modern temper : American culture and society in the 1920s
Goldberg, David Joseph Discontented America : the United States in the 1920s
Jenkins, Alan The Twenties
Lucas, John The radical twenties : aspects of writing, politics and culture
McCoy, Donald R. Coming of age : the United States during the 1920's and 1930's
Miller, Nathan New world coming : the 1920s and the making of modern America
Mowry, George E. The Twenties : Fords, flappers and fanatics
Putnam, Lara Radical moves : Caribbean migrants and the politics of race in the jazz age
Shannon, David A. Between the wars : America, 1919-1941
Shaw, Arnold The jazz age : popular music in the 1920's