In The News: Department of History
You’ve read the headline before: The Roaring Twenties Are Back! The topic of the 1920s versus the 2020s has felt fairly ubiquitous since the world began creeping out of lockdown, with comparisons made by analysts, historians, and writers alike. Meanwhile, literal 1920s fashion trends trickled down to runway collections by way of opulent embellishments and nostalgic dress silhouettes. But beaded fringe and fluffy feathers aren’t the whole of it. “Clothing springs from the culture, and both the ‘20s and present day [are times of] recovering from trauma,” historian and curator Deirdre Clemente tells TZR. She’s a self-proclaimed “crazy Fitzgerald fan" and even served as a historical consultant for costume in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 remake of The Great Gatsby. “I think the parallel is a cultural one. You can’t overstate the role of the war on the 1920s and right now, the country is also in a state of trauma [while] trying to recover from the pandemic.”
The intersection of sexuality, race and gender is a complicated conversation. Add to that a group of marginalized people during a time of increased violence and you have a topic that raises a lot of questions.
The prairie dress. The nap dress. The milkmaid dress. Call them what you want, but one thing is undeniable: For the past four years, the quaint, Laura Ashley-throwback prairie dress ― with its ruffled hem, fluttered sleeves and modest ankle length ― has had a mighty tight grip on consumer fashion.
Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about our past-shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient cities. Here’s a look at some of those discoveries.
Proposed water cuts could also affect golf courses in southern Nevada, where home swimming pools are already subject to new restrictions.
As the nation’s largest reservoir has dipped to record low levels amid a worsening drought, Lake Mead’s receding waters have revealed a grim series of discoveries — several sets of human remains.
In an eerie twist, volatile weather and heat-induced drought are unearthing glimpses of lost archaeological treasures and forgotten history.
The infamous connections between Saratoga and Las Vegas might be getting further cred as the Saratoga County History Center teams up with Sin City’s Mob Museum. The partnership between the Mob Museum and the SCHC will begin when museum trustee and University of Nevada Las Vegas history professor, Michael Green, speaks at SCHC’s “Experts Next Door” event on September 21. Green will be talking about the links between Saratoga and Las Vegas.
Electric aircraft pioneers draw on history to win converts to their novel designs
Argentina’s 19th-Century Cholera Outbreaks Show the Myth of a Single, Definitive Conclusion
The contention the human brain shrank sharply around 3,000 years ago, coinciding with the establishment of cities, has captured popular and scientific imagination, but new evidence suggests it never happened.
Sunken boat from second world war and at least three sets of human remains found in largest US reservoir – and more could follow