Start here to learn more about the events discussed in this chapter.
Lynn Dumenil, The Modern Temper (1995). A readable overview of events in the 1920s.
David Levering Lewis, When Harlem Was in Vogue (1979). A wonderful account of politics, arts, and culture in the vibrant “Negro capital of the world.”
Daniel Okrent, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (2010). A lively recent history of the movement to ban liquor.
Martha L. Olney, Buy Now, Pay Later (1991). Explores the rise and impact of consumer credit.
Mary A. Renda, Taking Haiti (2001). A compelling exploration of U.S. occupation of Haiti and its impact on Haiti and especially the United States.
The PBS series American Experience has produced an excellent documentary on the Scopes trial; information and documents are available at pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/. For a broad view of the 1929 crash and its impact, see pbs.org/wgbh/amex/crash.