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our modern world ...(snip)... emerged in the 1920s in an unprecedented jump cut from the previous, provincial and comparatively static decades of U.S. history.

Dare I suggest that the "provincial and comparatively static decades of U.S. history" only appear so to you because you know less about them.

I think the first historical era I really dug into was the Restoration, and I was immediately struck by how many Restoration analogues there were for contemporary West Coast American culture. I actually argued in a response paper that several of the periodicals of the day actually ran close parallels in content and tone to the Stranger. But then as I went further into various periods I found similar parallels in any era I bothered to look closely at. So, for example, you can call New York City in 1860 a lot of things, but "provincial and comparatively static" would not be on the list.

Yes, the return of Martian Face Jenny. Bring that strip back!

What Judah said. What makes Allen special -- and that book was a huge bestseller in its day -- is his breezy style, from just about the pinnacle of snappy American journalistic style. He's as good a writer as Hemingway, in his milieu. Be sure to read his followup, Since Yesterday too.

Next you'll be reading Bernard DeVoto, another Harper's editor, whose essays there are collected in The Easy Chair, long out of print but cheap to find. Then Mencken, then Mark Twain, and you'll finally start to understand what an American is.

Dude, have you read Trow, yet? The template may be 20s (I think you're right about that) but TV changed the meaning of everything within it.

Wow, that sounds like an awesome book. Thanks for the heads up!

There's also the 1920's Laugh-Out-Loud Cats.

Not to mention that Prohibition created a permanent criminal industry in this country that exists today.

Aexia- Thanks for the '20s LOLCats! It's teh rad. And the rest of you thinky cats- Congratulations on the successful display of your practiced intellects! I am impressed!
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