The 1920s was a decade of unprecedented change for America. Soldiers returned from war. Well-paid jobs were plentiful. Women cast aside "proper behavior," and the Jazz Age erupted. It was an era of ...

Emerson's Patriot Radio, model FC-400, made in 1940 Philadelphia Museum of Art In the popular imagination, the 1940s were dominated by sacrifice at home and violence abroad as World War II raged on.

Movies and the 1940s / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- Movies and the reassessment of America / Matthew Bernstein -- Movies on the edge of war / Sarah Kozloff -- Movies and the march to war / Steven Jay ...