HIS 1123 Lecture 28: Chapter 28 - World Wars and Competing Visions of Modernity
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Us was the only nation to emerge stronger from war. Increased industrialization and urbanization led to the development of consumer culture. Radios, jazz music, and hollywood became intertwined with the culture of the 20s. Women got the right to vote in 1920. The new woman had political rights and a more public life. Women went to college and began to dominate certain elds, like nursing, teaching, and secretarial work, which had been dominated by men. Intellectuals and critics viewed the explosion of modernism dimly, seeing it as super cial and materialism. The concept of the lost generation lent a sense of loss. The harlem renaissance represented the expansion of african america culture-music, literature, and art-into the mainstream. Business bene ted from the hands off policies of governments during the 20s. Labor movements were hampered by these policies, as well as anti-immigrant bias. Increased violence toward immigrants and african americans was a reaction to modernity.
