Publication

2001-11-30 - Greenwood Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100313295557
  • ISBN-139780313295553
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001023857
  • OCLC Control Number51551104
  • OCLC Control Number46640757
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780313295553
  • Open LibraryOL10419696M

Classifications

  • LCCE169 .K985 2002
  • LCCE169
  • LCCE169 .K985 2002eb
and 1 more
  • DDC973.91

Description

"The 1920s and 1930s saw dramatic changes in the American population, as increasing urbanization, innovations in technology, cultural upheaval, and economic disaster exerted major influences on the daily lives of ordinary people. Explore how everyday living changed during these years when use of automobiles and home electrification first became commonplace, when radio emerged, and when cinema, with the addition of sound, became broadly popular. Find out how work life, domestic life, and leisure-time activities were affected by these factors as well as by the politics of the time. Details of matters such as the creation of the pickup truck, the development of radio programming, and the first mass use of cosmetics provide an enjoyable read that brings the era of "The Roaring Twenties" and "The Great Depression" clearly into focus."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades of Promise and Pain (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)HardcoverGreenwood Press2001-11-30

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