The Great Gatsby & the 1920's
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Recommended Databases
Recommended Databases
ABC-CLIO American Government
American Government illuminates the foundations and structure of U.S. government and helps students explore the intersection of history, politics, and government with ongoing coverage of contemporary events.
ABC-CLIO American History
American History surveys American history from the colonial era and American Revolution through to the nation’s rise to eminence as a global superpower, analyzing American political conflict, economic development, and changing culture and thought as they tell one continuous and continuing story of America’s history.
ABC-CLIO Daily Life through History
The database explores the daily lives of ordinary people through time and across the globe, providing details about family life, work, food, clothing, sports, language, literature, romance, education, gender roles, social customs, and more that cannot be found elsewhere and are an asset to student research
Infobase African American History and Culture
Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years
Infobase American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
Gale eBooks
Reference titles covering the most-studied subject areas
eBooks
eBooks
19th Amendment & Flapper Culture
Encyclopedia of Clothing & Fashion: The Flapper
Art, Theater, Film & Radio of the 1920's
American Decades: 1920's Arts Overview
Roaring Twenties Resource Guide: Surging Creativity: The Literary,
Visual, and Performing Arts of the 1920s
Economic Life, Mass Production &
Roaring Twenties Resource Guide: The Economy of the 1920's
American Decades: The Automobile
Gale Encyclopedia of Science: Assembly Line
Industrial Revolution Reference Library: Henry Ford
Gangsters & Organized Crime
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression: Al Capone
Great Depression & New Deal Library: Prohibition & Crime
Historic Events for Students: Crime 1920-1940
Roaring Twenties Research Library: The Dark Side of the 1920's
The Jazz Age
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture & History: Jazz Overview
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Jazz
Popular Culture--Aviation, Sports, & Fads
Sports in America 1920 to 1939
American Decade: Sports Overview
Popular Culture--Music, Entertainment, & Fashion
Prohibition
American Social Reform Movements: The Temperance Movement & Prohibition
Constitutional Amendments: Eighteenth
Encyclopedia of Recreation & Leisure in America: Alcohol
The National Prohibition Amendment
Updated 10.8.25
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