... new fads, new inventions, and new ideas. The city-oriented Jazz Age was challenging the long-established values of rural America. During the 20th century a communications revolution that introduced motion pictures, radio, and television brought the world into view. New forms of communication and new modes of transportation made American society familiar with new ideas. Political affairs played a powerful role in ... ...

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... personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manners.., no great literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class- no Epsom or Ascot!... James is here talking of the America of 1840. America then was a classless society or rather a society of one class ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate