HIST 3838 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: World War I, Populism
20 Jan 2017
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Race, class, and community in the 1920s and 1930s. Triggered political change (russian revolution, anti-imperialist movements) Disillusionment with the modern and the crisis of masculinity. People sought distraction from the frustrations of pllitics, poverty, state repression and legacy war. New technologies offer popular classes new cultural forms. Sport took a time our initially during the war. Stop during the durations of the war and would resume the year following the war. Stoppe cause number os players were in the war. Professional sports had been consolidating their position in the leisure marketplace in the 1890s an 1900s. By 1916, 10 mlb parks had been built. New forms of communication and commercialization and transportations. Businessmen sought to take over amateur or semi-pro clubs and market them professional. When canada began it was 80% rural and 20%, and today it is flipped. 1920 first time becomes more urban than rural. In 1930 heavyweight bout between joe louis and max baer was broadcast.
