An edition of Dancing in the dark (2009)
Dancing in the dark
a cultural history of the Great Depression
By Morris Dickstein
Publish Date
2009
Publisher
W. W. Norton,W.W. Norton
Language
eng
Pages
598
Description:
Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.
subjects: Social life and customs, Depressions, Intellectual life, Popular culture, Civilization, History, Popular culture, united states, Depressions, 1929, United states, civilization, 1918-1945, United states, intellectual life, United states, social life and customs, United states, history, 1919-1933, United states, history, 1933-1945, Manners and customs, Soziale Situation, Kultur, Weltwirtschaftskrise, Kulturhistoria, Populärkultur
Places: United States
Times: 20th century, 1918-1945, 1919-1933, 1929, 1933-1945