The 1930s : the reality and the promise / edited by J. Bret Bennington [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennington, J. Bret, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--20th century.

United States.

United States--Civilization--1918-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 pages)

Other Title:

Nineteen-thirties

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

In 2010, Hofstra University celebrated its 75th anniversary, inviting scholars to the campus to discuss the world as it was in the year Hofstra was founded. The conference 1935: The Reality and the Promise provided a wide-ranging exploration of the 1930s with presentations, discussions, and events highlighting the arts, entertainment, society, politics, literature, and science in that momentous decade. This volume encompasses a selection of the most interesting and enlightening papers from this conference, providing both depth and breadth of coverage. By any measure, the 1930s was a pivotal decade in modern history--a time when the reality of current events and the foreshadowing of events to come tempered all promise. The tension between reality and promise is a recurrent theme in the chapters brought together here, as well as in the personalities and faces that came to define this decade.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 8, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-9278-5

OCLC:

952338990