Roaring Twenties: Writers, Poets, Artists, Architects . . .

Offers a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance, discussing how it sparked a period of intellectual, artistic, literary, and political blossoming for many African-Americans.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that introduce the major writers and great works of the Harlem Renaissance, a period characterized by a flowering of African-American literature and other artistic endeavors.

An overview of the Harlem Renaissance that explores the people, events, and accomplishments that shaped the era and its impact on the African-American community.

Presents a collection of entries that provide information on the 1920s in the U.S., including the political, economic, technological, and social events during the decade, and provides full and excerpted documents that offer a range of perspectives the period. Includes sidebar boxes and illustrations.

Chronicles American history from 1920-1945 through topical chapters containing primary and secondary sources on such aspects as Prohibition, anti-immigrant feelings, the Scottsboro rape trial, the Dust Bowl, and the atomic bomb.

Examines the history of the United States from the Great War to the stock market crash of 1929 through biographical accounts of sixty Americans who had an influence on events of the period, each with portraits, photographs, and related primary documents.

Contains alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on American history that discuss events, movements, people, trends, political developments, and related topics from the early twentieth century; and includes primary documents, a chronology, bibliography, and index.

A chronicle of the 1920s, including the fads, triumphs, tragedies, and fashions of that decade.

Examines what daily life was like for ordinary people in the U. S. in the 1920s and the 1930s, discussing the impact of automobiles, electricity, radio, cinema, conflict and crime, the standardization of culture, the Great Depression, and the New Deal on the lives of American citizens.

Explores the development of the United States from 1917 to 1945, covering including the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II.

Surveys the private life and literary accomplishments of the writer whose varied works reflect the traditions, feelings, and experiences of African-Americans.