A Consumer Society
Notes
-horrors of WW1 are over
-Horrors of spanish flu
-War veterans returning home
-economy is booming
-everyone is employed
-people are spending money
-Advertisement
-woman's rights brought to the front/woman can vote
-Horrors of spanish flu
-War veterans returning home
-economy is booming
-everyone is employed
-people are spending money
-Advertisement
-woman's rights brought to the front/woman can vote
Political Cartoon
Quote
Subjunctive Question
What if the economy wasn't booming in the 1920's and consumerism was low. Would the Great Depression have been so drastic?
Interesting Fact
Sears, Roebuck & Co., a company founded in 1893, regularly issued a mail-order catalog. By the 1920s, the catalog, nicknamed the consumer's bible, had become enormously popular. It completely revolutionized how people purchased items.
Summary
During this time, people were all about buying. Since the economy took a transitional shift from wartime production to peacetime production, everyone was employed.