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Where's the Party? - Prohibition and the Mood of the Roaring Twenties
By Toni Lee Robinson |
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1 It was 1918. The Great War was over. America was giddy with relief. Life was good on many fronts. Wages were up, at least a little. Prices were down. Pleasure and entertainment became the business of life. Jazz, a scintillating new sound, kept flappers and their beaux (bohz) "hoofing" on the dance floor. Women's styles and attitudes became more daring. Accepted roles and morals were morphing into a new social order.