Author Description

This volume charts the extreme political, social and economic changes in the USA from 1919 to 1941. The author examines the role of women, the black issue (including the activities of the Ku Klux Klan), the position of Native Americans in society, Prohibition and the gangster culture. The changing nature of the economy is also considered, from its large growth at the beginning of the 1920s, including Fordism and the production of consumer goods, to the Wall Street Crash in 1929. This title also addresses the issues surrounding the Depression and the New Deal, as well as case studies covering the Alphabet Laws and the winners and losers from the government's policies.