HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Transpiration, Wage Labour, Blues
10 Sep 2017
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Week 6 lecture 2 - consumer entertainment revolu?on. Take what writers say in different time periods and put them in dialogue and talk about ur own idea. Analyze secondary sources: the key to success: constructing a very specific thesis! Recap and agenda: we discussed post- war tumult and tensions, today: return normalcy . Immigration restriction: cultural aspects of inclusion/exclusion theme. What people start to do in leisure: the discount entertainment revolution and mass consumption . A return to normalcy : economy: wartime to civilian production, warren harding (r, idea of normalcy. Snagged cabinet with experts: turns white house into his own party, prohibition passed. Continued partying with ohio gang-scandals and patronage (e. g teapot dome scandal: calvin coolidge (r, non internationalism, Emphasis on move to move laissez-faire gov. role in regulating economy, right: doesnt want the the government to be involved in economics internationally.
