Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression / David E. Kyvig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyvig, David E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen twenties.

Nineteen thirties.

United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.

United States.

Manners and customs.

United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.

Social conditions.

United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

xv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, [2004]

Summary:

Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index.

ISBN:

1566635845

OCLC:

54611224