America
Starting with Harding's term in 1920 and continuing with Coolidge and Hoover after, the 1920s became known as the Roaring Twenties. The 1920s also represented an important watershed in the development of a mass national culture. A new emphasis on leisure, consumption, and amusement characterized the modern era, although its benefits were more accessible to the white middle class than to minorities and other disadvantaged groups. The Roaring 1920s were largely developed by the arts and entertainment industries. The Roaring Twenties had cultural and economic characteristics. Starting with a recession from 1920-1921, aftermaths of WWI, the economy had a boom. Many things contributed. Automobiles were being produced massively by Gener
After the recession, the unemployment rate stayed at a mere 3-4%. There were magazines out, such as Reader's Digest, Time, and The New Yorker that were popular magazines or newspapers. The literary works of this period was motivated by the hypocrisy of the period. Entertainment grew in this time also. 6 billion annually, just to lure them into buying automobiles, cigarettes, radios, and refrigerators. They include Earnest Hemmingway who wrote The Sun Also Rises (1926), and A Farewell to Arms (1929). Jazz became a popular part of the new mass culture. The Entertainment industry boomed in this period. There is no doubt that this period was of totally new culture. Baseball diamonds, tennis courts, swimming pools and golf courses were all flourishing in this time period. Per capita income rose from $641 in 1921 to $847 in 1929.
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