what a fantastic time period. america was in such ferment just after the Great War. Roads were very marginal; road building didn't really take off until after WWII. I'm not sure when the Model T came along but it was the first widely available, priced for the common man, car. Before that cars were specialty items. Until 1920 it was still Get A Horse most places.
I don't know about the technology thing but Wikipedia should be able to tell you about the crystal radio thing and the RAF. Planes were definitely a part of WWI, but in their early stages. I know US radio regulation was given a boost by the Titanic disaster (was that 1914?) but radio was an amateurish mess until the late 20s. There was a also a huge oil boom going on in the south and southwest.
I love that whole Between the Wars decade -- America was so isolated from the "end of an age" feeling in Europe, but we really did get dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century then. And the Depression was a huge turning point.
Between the wars was a great time for women and a lousy lousy time for minorities -- the minority situation was quite grim. Women got the vote in 1921 so the postwar years were full of that.
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Date: Jul. 6th, 2009 12:44 pm (UTC)I don't know about the technology thing but Wikipedia should be able to tell you about the crystal radio thing and the RAF. Planes were definitely a part of WWI, but in their early stages. I know US radio regulation was given a boost by the Titanic disaster (was that 1914?) but radio was an amateurish mess until the late 20s. There was a also a huge oil boom going on in the south and southwest.
I love that whole Between the Wars decade -- America was so isolated from the "end of an age" feeling in Europe, but we really did get dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century then. And the Depression was a huge turning point.
Between the wars was a great time for women and a lousy lousy time for minorities -- the minority situation was quite grim. Women got the vote in 1921 so the postwar years were full of that.
*ponders*
Happy ruminating.