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The Resource Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 : decades of promise and pain, David E. Kyvig

Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 : decades of promise and pain, David E. Kyvig

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Summary
Of course people were not all alike even way back then, admits Kyvig (history, Northern Illinois U.), and there was too much distinction in location, occupation, economic circumstances, race, gender, and other factors than he can accommodate. Still, he wants to avoid the emphasis historians usually give to dramatic events, and focus instead on what daily life was like for a sampling of Americans in what we now know, but they did not, was a mere lull between world wars. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Annotation. During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology 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. This enjoyable read brings the period clearly into focus. Annotation. Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s. Annotation. During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology 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. This enjoyable read brings the period clearly into focus
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 271 pages)
Contents
  • Culture for the Masses: The Standardizing of Daily Life
  • Crisis: The Impact of the Great Depression
  • Creating the New Deal: A Larger Role for Government in Daily Life
  • Continuity and Change: America at the End of the 1930s
  • The Circumstances of American Life in 1920
  • Automobiles and the Construction of Daily Life
  • Electricity and the Conditions of Daily Life
  • Radio and the Connecting of Daily Lives
  • Cinema and the Extension of Experience
  • Carrying on Day by Day: Life's Basics
  • Carrying on Year to Year: Making a Life
  • Conflict, Crime, and Catastrophe: The Disruptions of Daily Life
Isbn
9780313295553
Instance
Label
Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 : decades of promise and pain
Title
Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939
Title remainder
decades of promise and pain
Statement of responsibility
David E. Kyvig
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Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
Of course people were not all alike even way back then, admits Kyvig (history, Northern Illinois U.), and there was too much distinction in location, occupation, economic circumstances, race, gender, and other factors than he can accommodate. Still, he wants to avoid the emphasis historians usually give to dramatic events, and focus instead on what daily life was like for a sampling of Americans in what we now know, but they did not, was a mere lull between world wars. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Annotation. During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology 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. This enjoyable read brings the period clearly into focus. Annotation. Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s. Annotation. During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology 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. This enjoyable read brings the period clearly into focus
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digitized
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Kyvig, David E
Dewey number
973.91
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
Text in English
LC call number
E169
LC item number
.K985 2002eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series,
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • Nineteen twenties
  • Nineteen thirties
  • Années vingt (Vingtième siècle)
  • Années trente (Vingtième siècle)
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • HISTORY
  • Manners and customs
  • Nineteen thirties
  • Nineteen twenties
  • Social conditions
  • United States
  • Dagelijks leven
Label
Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 : decades of promise and pain, David E. Kyvig
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Culture for the Masses: The Standardizing of Daily Life
  • Crisis: The Impact of the Great Depression
  • Creating the New Deal: A Larger Role for Government in Daily Life
  • Continuity and Change: America at the End of the 1930s
  • The Circumstances of American Life in 1920
  • Automobiles and the Construction of Daily Life
  • Electricity and the Conditions of Daily Life
  • Radio and the Connecting of Daily Lives
  • Cinema and the Extension of Experience
  • Carrying on Day by Day: Life's Basics
  • Carrying on Year to Year: Making a Life
  • Conflict, Crime, and Catastrophe: The Disruptions of Daily Life
Control code
51551104
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 271 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780313295553
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)51551104
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 : decades of promise and pain, David E. Kyvig
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Culture for the Masses: The Standardizing of Daily Life
  • Crisis: The Impact of the Great Depression
  • Creating the New Deal: A Larger Role for Government in Daily Life
  • Continuity and Change: America at the End of the 1930s
  • The Circumstances of American Life in 1920
  • Automobiles and the Construction of Daily Life
  • Electricity and the Conditions of Daily Life
  • Radio and the Connecting of Daily Lives
  • Cinema and the Extension of Experience
  • Carrying on Day by Day: Life's Basics
  • Carrying on Year to Year: Making a Life
  • Conflict, Crime, and Catastrophe: The Disruptions of Daily Life
Control code
51551104
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 271 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780313295553
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)51551104
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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