Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression /
Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Ivan R. Dee,
[2004], ©2004
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| Edition: | Rev. ed |
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Table of Contents:
- The circumstances of American life in 1920
- Automobiles and the construction of daily life
- Electricity and the conditions of daily life
- Radio and the connecting of daily lives
- Cinema and the extension of experience
- Carrying on day by day : life's basics
- Carrying on year by year : making a life
- Conflict, crime, and catastrophe : the disruptions of daily life
- Culture for the masses : the standardizing of daily life
- Crisis : the impact of the Great Depression
- Creating the New Deal : a larger role for government in daily life
- Continuity and change : American communities at the end of the 1930s
- The circumstances of American life in 1920
- Automobiles and the construction of daily life
- Electricity and the conditions of daily life
- Radio and the connecting of daily lives
- Cinema and the extension of experience
- Carrying on day by day : life's basics
- Carrying on year by year : making a life
- Conflict, crime, and catastrophe : the disruptions of daily life
- Culture for the masses : the standardizing of daily life
- Crisis : the impact of the Great Depression
- Creating the New Deal : a larger role for government indaily life
- Continuity and change : American communities at the end of the 1930s
- 1 The Circumstances of American Life in 1920 3
- 2 Automobiles and the Construction of Daily Life 27
- 3 Electricity and the Conditions of Daily Life 53
- 4 Radio and the Connecting of Daily Lives 71
- 5 Cinema and the Extension of Experience 91
- 6 Carrying on Day by Day: Life's Basics 106
- 7 Carrying on Year by Year: Making a Life 131
- 8 Conflict, Crime, and Catastrophe: The Disruptions of Daily Life 163
- 9 Culture for the Masses: The Standardizing of Daily Life 187
- 10 Crisis: The Impact of the Great Depression 209
- 11 Creating the New Deal: A Larger Role for Government in Daily Life 231
- 12 Continuity and Change: American Communities at the End of the 1930s 257
- 1 The circumstances of American life in 1920
- 2. Automobiles and the construction of daily life
- 3. Electricity and the conditions of daily life
- 4. Radio and the connecting of daily lives
- 5. Cinema and the extension of experience
- 6. Carrying on day by day : life's basics
- 7. Carrying on year by year : making a life
- 8. Conflict, crime, and catastrophe : the disruptions of daily life
- 9. Culture for the masses : the standardizing of daily life
- 10. Crisis : the impact of the Great Depression
- 11. Creating the New Deal : a larger role for government in daily life
- 12. Continuity and change : American communities at the end of the 1930s.
- 1 The circumstances of American life in 1920
- 2. Automobiles and the construction of daily life
- 3. Electricity and the conditions of daily life
- 4. Radio and the connecting of daily lives
- 5. Cinema and the extension of experience
- 6. Carrying on day by day : life's basics
- 7. Carrying on year by year : making a life
- 8. Conflict, crime, and catastrophe : the disruptions of daily life
- 9. Culture for the masses : the standardizing of daily life
- 10. Crisis : the impact of the Great Depression
- 11. Creating the New Deal : a larger role for government in daily life
- 12. Continuity and change : American communities at the end of the 1930s.