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Crime novels were quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s. This particular book is set in an advertising agency in the UK, which employed graphic designers and copywriters.
Call #: PZ3.S2738 Mu
Sayers, Dorothy. (1933). Murder Must Advertise : New Detective Story.
Brave New World illustrates a dystopian society inspired by the Ford assembly line, manufacturing, and distrust in the rise of capitalism. These same themes heavily influenced the art deco artists of the day.
Call #: PZ3.H981 Bp19
Huxley, Aldous. (1950). Brave new world (Harper’s modern classics). New York: Harper.
This book paints a picture of the social life of the early 1920s. Notably, it touches on themes of decadence, excess, resistance to change, jazz, and flapper culture.
Call #: ZZ ELI 5027
West, Claire & Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (2013). The great Gatsby (Simplified ed., Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 5).