The Expansion of Mass Culture and Mass Leisure

Roaring Twenties- decade of 1920s where there was a surge of pop culture with Berlin being the center of entertainment. It was known especially for dance crazes where lively women would be called “flappers”.1920s was also the Jazz Age for the Americans. Radio & Movies Marconi – the person that discovered wireless radio waves. June [...]

In Soviet Russia….(insert backward statement here)

Yes the Soviets, we all know some things about them and of course they were totalitarian. The end of the civil war clearly was a decisive victory of the communists and the Red Army. Lenin pursued a policy of war communism which in this process, he nationalized transportation, communication, banks, factories, etc. The government could [...]