Culture and Society in the 1920s

Lectures in History

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History, Politics, News

4.1 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Professor Michael Kazin taught a class about culture and society in the 1920s. He spoke about Prohibition and the exploits of the gangster Al Capone, who eventually went to prison on tax evasion charges, the motion picture industry and the new production codes that sought to reduce sexuality in films, and the 1925 State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes trial, in which a high school teacher faced charges of unlawfully teaching evolution in a state-funded school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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