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Modernity and the Great Depression : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941 / Kenneth J. Bindas.

Author/creator Bindas, Kenneth J. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Description277 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series CultureAmerica
Culture America. ^A416472
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016047591
ISBN9780700624003
ISBN0700624007 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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