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Modernity and the Great Depression the transformation of American society, 1930-1941

Title
Modernity and the Great Depression [electronic resource] : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941 / Kenneth J. Bindas.
Author
Bindas, Kenneth J.
Publication
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]

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Description
1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
CultureAmerica
Uniform Title
Modernity and the Great Depression (Online)
Alternative Title
Modernity and the Great Depression (Online)
Subject
  • Social change > United States > History > 20th century
  • Depressions > 1929 > United States
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Civilization, Modern
  • United States > Civilization > 1918-1945
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-257) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: Order, planning, and reason -- The end of times: defining modernity in the 1930s -- A new model army: the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and modernity -- Salvation awaits: expositions, world's fairs, and modernity -- A woman's place, a family's hearth: interior decorators and modernity -- Sounds for the Modern Age: music as celebration of modernity -- Epilogue: new directions and challenges: the postwar divide.
LCCN
2016047591
OCLC
ssj0001804011
Author
Bindas, Kenneth J.
Title
Modernity and the Great Depression [electronic resource] : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941 / Kenneth J. Bindas.
Imprint
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series
CultureAmerica
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-257) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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