A Resource Guide for Live and Tabletop Roleplaying Games set in the 1920s,
including Lovecraftian Horror and Gangster Genre Games.
The Gilded Age
      The "gilded age" is a playful name for that period that is called "the Ragtime Era" in America and the "Edwardian Period" in Britain. Essentially this page deals with the years between the turn of the century and the Great War, though it also covers civilian affairs during the war. Right now it's rather sparse, but as with all the subdepartments here, it will grow. 

      For some excellent references to this period read Ragtime by E.L. Doctrow, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

      I've generally only put information here if it was mostly associated with this period. Al Jolson appears here because he is mostly associated with the "Ragtime" era, but you can find information on Theda Bara off the "Silent Majority" link on the Stage and Film Page

      One interesting note is that film in America was very popular in the `teens, and very liberal by later standards. Some movies had nude or partially nude scenes. The massive conservative reaction of 1919 which brought about prohibition also brought the Hays Office soon afterwards.
       
      The Titanic

        The ultimate product of the Gilded Age
      Absinthe FAQ
        Description of link
      Inauguration: Theodore Roosevelt
        Description of link
      Al Jolson Page
        Ragtime's best known performer
      The Beginning of Film
        A fairly simple but interesting account of the beginning of film, by Hollywood Center Studios
         
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