Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression
Dickstein, Morris2009
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Exploding the myth that Depression culture was merely escapist, this volume surveys the dynamic energy & insight the arts could provide & the enormous lift they gave to morale. 'Dancing in the Dark' shows how the bleak years after 1929 produced some of America's greatest writing, photography & mass entertainment.
Main title:
Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression / Morris Dickstein.
Author:
Dickstein, Morris, author
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2009]©2009
Collation:
xxiii, 598 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780393072259 (hbk)
Dewey class:
973.9'16973.91
LC class:
E806
Local class:
973.916
Language:
English
Subject:
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDepressions -- 1929 -- United StatesUnited States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945United States -- History -- 1933-1945United States -- History -- 1919-1933History
BRN:
1362616