Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and...
Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and...
Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression / David E. Kyvig.
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Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2004.
Call Numbers
N973.91/45
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 330 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
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...
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Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2004.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"The 1920s and 1930s witnessed dramatic changes in American life: growing urbanization, technological innovation, cultural upheaval, and economic disaster. In this book, prize-winning historian David E. Kyvig describes everyday life in these decades, when automobiles and home electricity became commonplace, when radio and the movies became broadly...
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Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 : how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression / David E. Kyvig.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-313) and index.
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c2004.
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N973.91/45
Record Identifier
74VKwDlgaxVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwDlgaxVA
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ISBN
1566635845 (alk. paper)
9781566635844 (alk. paper)
DDC
973.91
MMS ID
991018235489702626
