History A-Level
Jazz Age
What Jazz Age means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Jazz Age
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A symbol of a break from pre-war conservatism, with jazz music becoming the soundtrack for a more permissive youth culture.
Topics that use Jazz Age
- Boom and crash, 1920–29 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- American literature
- Hire purchase
- Laissez-faire
- Limits to the boom
- Modernity versus traditionalism
- Nativism and political extremism
- The changing role of women
- The failure of moral legislation
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