Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression /
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| Author / Creator: | Kyvig, David E. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2004. |
| Description: | xv, 330 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5519698 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 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
- Notes
- For Further Reading
- Index
