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Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby and
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F. Scott
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The Jazz Age
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The Roaring Twenties [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - A look at how inventions shaped the culture of the early
1900s. Includes information on radio, appliances, the automobile, and the movies.
Lost Generation - Collected links and resources.
The Lost Generation - Article on the expatriate literary scene in 1920's and '30's Paris, and on the cultural shifts
of the roaring Twenties.
Biography of America, 1920s Prosperity and Depression, US State Department
The 1920s
The Roaring Twenties
Biography of America: The Twenties
The 1920's
The Lawless Decade. A Photo Essay by Paul Sann
The American Economy
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Economic History: The Roaring Twenties
Historical Debt Outstanding - Annual
The Consumer Economy and Mass Entertainment, 1920s
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The Advertising of Installment Plans in the 1920's, by Sharon Murphy, from Essays in History (1995)
Robber Barons by J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
The 1920s and the Start of the Depression, 1921-1933
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, V. I. Lenin
Crime and Gangsters
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History of the FBI
History of the FBI - Lawless Years (1921-1933)
FBI History - Famous Cases
FBI - Gangster Era background
Alphonse "Scarface" Capone
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Al Capone - from the Crime Library
Alphonse Capone
History Files - Al Capone
St Valentine's Day Massacre
St. Valentine's Day Massacre [FBI]
Eliot Ness [FBI]
Al Capone Verdict, from NARA
Alcatraz's Famous Inmates: Alphonse Capone
Al Capone's Gravesite
Baseball
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Baseball in the 1920's
Black Sox Scandal 1920
1921 The Black Sox Trial
The Chicago Cubs
Negro Leagues Baseball History, 1920–1929, Kansas State University and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Music/Cinema/Fashion
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The Roaring 1920's Concert Extravaganza
Music of the 1920's PBS
World Records. Music of the Twenties
Greatest Films of the 1920's
Silent-Movies.com
The Silents Majority [on-line journal of silent cinema]
Louise Brooks: Flapper Culture and Style
Fashion in the Roaring Twenties
Prohibition
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Prohibition, 1920-1933 [from The Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s]
The Volstead Act NARA
The Constitution: 18th Amendment
The Politics of Prohibition: The 1920s
Prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920s
Thirst in America in the Late Twenties and Early Thirties: Prohibition
The Speakeasy - Texas Guinan
History of FBI Chicago
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The FBI in the 1920's [Bureau Records]
Gang Wars in Chicago in the 1920's
The Constitution: 21st Amendment - Repeal of the 18th Amendment
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure
The New Woman. From The Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s
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Image and Lifestyle
Work, Education, Reform
Sexuality
The African-American New Woman [from The Clash of Cultures in the 1920s]
Opposition [from The Clash of Cultures in the 1920s]
1920
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Events of 1920, from Wikipedia
The Red Scare 1919-1920
The Great Influenza Epidemic 1919-1920
The Election of 1920 November, Library of Congress
Warren Harding Calls for a "Return to Normalcy" 14 May
Building the Lincoln Memorial [from the National Park Services]
The Battle of Matewan 1920
The Convention of the UNIA and the Election of Marcus Moziah Garvey August
Black Sox Scandal 1920 September
The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti 1920
The History of Sacco and Vanzetti
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Events of 1921, from Wikipedia
Prosperity and Thrift. The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929, from American Memory, LOC
The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
The Presidency of Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921-1923
Warren G. Harding, Inaugural Address, 1921
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial, 1921
Tennessee vs. John Scopes, "The Monkey Trial"
June, The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Tulsa, No Longer Silent, Oklahoma State University
Treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, and Japan, Signd at Washington
December 13, 1921
1922
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Events of 1922, from Wikipedia
Treaty Between the United of States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, and Portugal. Signed at Washington February 6, 1922
1923
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Events of 1923, from Wikipedia
The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
Discovery of King Tut's Tomb 1923
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The Rosewood Heritage Foundation Traveling Exhibit
1924
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Events of 1924, from Wikipedia
Covenant of the League of Nations (Including Amendments adopted to December, 1924)
Marcus Garvey Calls for a Return to Africa 1 August
Teapot Dome Scandal Revealed
Inside Story of the Teapot Dome Scandal
The Trial of Leopold and Loeb 1924
Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, University of Missouri, KC
The Atlas of Presidential Elections, by David Leip
1925
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Events of 1925, from Wikipedia
Willis Haviland Carrier - Refrigerated Air Conditioning
Art and Artists
Mr. Miami Beach (PBS) 1925
The Trial of Ossian Sweet [Clarence Darrow for the defense]
The Sweet Trials, 1925
The Scopes Trial [from The Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s]
"Flapper Jane,", by Bruce Blivenbs [New Republic 9 September]
Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture: Robert and Helen Lynd Measure Muncie, Indiana, a discussion
from PBS
10. The Year in Review 1925
11. 1925 Frigidaire refrigerator
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Events of 1926, from Wikipedia
Events of 1927, from Wikipedia
Academy Award for Best Film: "Wings"
The Early History of Bank Regulation. The McFadden Act of 1927
St. Valentine's Day Massacre February
Lindbergh Across the Atlantic, May
11 June. The President Welcomes Lindbergh Home, from The Jage Age
Whitney v. California [forerunner of absolute protection of free speech]
Candidate Hoover Announces Virtual "Abolition of Poverty,"22 October
The Sweet Trials, 1927
Events of 1928, from Wikipedia
Kellogg-Brian Pact. Documents 1928-1935
The Atlas of Presidential Elections, by David Leip
Events of 1929, from Wikipedia
The Presidency of Herbert Clark Hoover 1929-1933
14 February. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Academy Award for best Film: "The Broadway Melody"
Black Thursday: October 24th 1929 (New York Times)
The Stockmarket Crash [BBC]
The Stockmarket Crash, a discussion from PBS
The Stockmarket Crash, from The Jazz Age
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1. Desire's second act: "race" and The Great Gatsby's cynical Americanism. Benjamin
Schreier. Twentieth Century Literature. 53.2 (Summer 2007) p153. From Literature
Resource Center.
2. Sangria in the Sangreal: The Great Gatsby as Grail Quest. D. G. Kehl and Allene Cooper.
Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 47.4 (1993): p203-217. Rpt. in
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 142. Detroit: Gale, 2003.
From Literature Resource Center.
3. The Great Gatsby and the obscene word. Barbara Will. College Literature. 32.4 (Fall
2005) p125. From Literature Resource Center.
4. A Note on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. David F. Trask. University Review 33.3 (Mar.
1967): p197-202. Rpt. in Novels for Students. Ed. Diane Telgen. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1998.
From Literature Resource Center.
5. Style as Politics in The Great Gatsby. Janet Giltrow and David Stouck. Studies in the Novel
29.4 (Winter 1997): p476-490. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda
Pavlovski. Vol. 157. Detroit: Gale, 2005. From Literature Resource Center.
6. Scarface, The Great Gatsby and the American Dream. Marilyn Roberts. Literature/Film
Quarterly 34.1 (2006): p71-78. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 210.
Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
7. The Jazz History of the World in The Great Gatsby. Darrel Mansell. English Language Notes
25 (Dec. 1987): p57-62. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda
Pavlovski. Vol. 157. Detroit: Gale, 2005. From Literature Resource Center.
8. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Brian Sutton. Explicator 59.1 (Fall 2000): p37-39. Rpt. in
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski. Vol. 157. Detroit: Gale, 2005.
From Literature Resource Center.
9. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Chikako D. Kumamoto. Explicator 60.1 (Fall 2001): p37-41.
Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski. Vol. 157. Detroit: Gale,
2005. From Literature Resource Center.
Document Links:
10. Literary History/Unsolved Mystery: The Great Gatsby and the Hall-Mills Murder Case.
HENRY C. PHELPS. ANQ. 14.3 (Summer 2001) p33. From Literature Resource Center.
11. An overview of The Great Gatsby in an essay for Exploring Novels. Casie E. Hermanson.
Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
12. All men are [not] created equal': F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Claire Stocks
illustrates how the narrator's bias towards this novel's hero is central to the critique of
belief in the 'American Dream'. Claire Stocks. The English Review. 17.3 (Feb. 2007) p9.
From Literature Resource Center.
13. Chapter 5: The Great Gatsby. Kenneth Eble. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Kenneth E. Eble.
Twayne's United States Authors Series 36. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. From The
Twayne Authors Series.
14. The Great Gatsby: Overview. Thomas Daniel Young. Reference Guide to American
Literature. Ed. Jim Kamp. 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. From Literature Resource
Center.
15. The Great Gatsby. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski. Vol. 157.
Detroit: Gale, 2005. From Literature Resource Center.
16. Gatsby's Pristine Dream: The Diminishment of the Self-Made Man in the Tribal
Twenties. Jeffrey Louis Decker. NOVEL 28.1 (Autumn 1994): p52-71. Rpt. in TwentiethCentury Literary Criticism. Vol. 210. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
17. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Chikako D. Kumamoto. The Explicator. 60.1 (Fall 2001)
p37. From Literature Resource Center.
18. Nick Carraway as an Unreliable Narrator. Kent Cartwright. Papers on Language and
Literature 20.2 (Spring 1984): p218-232. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed.
Linda Pavlovski. Vol. 157. Detroit: Gale, 2005. From Literature Resource Center.
19. From wonderland to wasteland: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, and
the new American fairy tale. Laura Barrett. Papers on Language & Literature. 42.2 (Spring
2006) p150. From Literature Resource Center.
20. The Great Gatsby and Fitzgerald's World of Ideas. ARTHUR WROBEL. ANQ. 12.4 (Fall
1999) p57. From Literature Resource Center.
Document Links:
21. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Evolving American Dream: The 'Pursuit of Happiness' in Gatsby,
Tender Is the Night, and The Last Tycoon. John F. Callahan. Twentieth Century Literature
42.3 (Fall 1996): p374-395. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 210. Detroit:
Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
22. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Thomas Gibb. The Explicator. 63.2 (Winter 2005) p96.
From Literature Resource Center.
23. 'The Great Gatsby' and Modern Times. Arthur Wrobel. ANQ. 8.4 (Fall 1995) p54. From
Literature Resource Center.
24. The Great Gatsby. David Seed. The Review of English Studies. 47.185 (Feb. 1996) p115.
From Literature Resource Center.
25. Chapter 10: Final Assessment. Kenneth Eble. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Kenneth E. Eble.
Twayne's United States Authors Series 36. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. From The
Twayne Authors Series.
26. Reading The Great Gatsby as a modernist novel: Mike Peters shows how working
within the literary context can be a more illuminating and safer way to meet the
requirements of AO5 than exploring biographical or historical contexts. Mike Peters. The
English Review. 14.1 (Sept. 2003) p38. From Literature Resource Center.
27. Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY. BRIAN SUTTON. The Explicator. 59.1 (Fall 2000) p37.
From Literature Resource Center.
28. I'm Sorry about the Clock: Chronology, composition, and Narrative Technique in 'The
Great Gatsby.'. David Seed. The Review of English Studies. 47.185 (Feb. 1996) p115. From
Literature Resource Center.
29. F. Scott Fitzgerald's American swastika: the prohibition underworld and 'The Great
Gatsby.'. Dalton Gross and Mary-Jean Gross. Notes and Queries. 41.3 (Sept. 1994) p377.
From Literature Resource Center.
30. Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.' (interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel). Brian
Sutton. The Explicator. 55.2 (Winter 1997) p94. From Literature Resource Center.
31. Possessions in The Great Gatsby. SCOTT DONALDSON. The Southern Review.
37.2 (Spring 2001) p187. From Literature Resource Center.
32. The Great Gatsby. Douglas Hewitt. The Review of English Studies. 44.174 (May 1993)
p291. From Literature Resource Center.
33. Tuning in to Conversation in the Novel: Gatsby and the Dynamics of Dialogue. Dan
Coleman. Style. 34.1 (Spring 2000) p52. From Literature Resource Center.