American Culture in the 1930s /
Eldridge, David
American Culture in the 1930s / David Eldridge. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 22 B/W illustrations - Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CAC .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1930s American Culture -- Introduction: The Intellectual Context -- Chapter 1 Literature and Drama -- Chapter 2 Film and Photography -- Chapter 3 Music and Radio -- Chapter 4 Art and Design -- Chapter 5 New Deal Culture -- Conclusion: The Cultural Legacy of the 1930s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622597');This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and a chapter on the role of the federal government in the development of the arts. The intellectual context of 1930s American culture is a strong feature, whilst case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade - from War of the Worlds to The Grapes of Wrath and from Edward Hopper to the Rockefeller Centre - help to explain the cultural impulses of radicalism, nationalism and escapism that characterize the United States in the 1930s.Key Features3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artistsChronology of 1930s American CultureBibliographies for each chapter22 black and white illustrations"
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780748622580 9780748629770
Culture.
American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
306.097309043
American Culture in the 1930s / David Eldridge. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 22 B/W illustrations - Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CAC .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1930s American Culture -- Introduction: The Intellectual Context -- Chapter 1 Literature and Drama -- Chapter 2 Film and Photography -- Chapter 3 Music and Radio -- Chapter 4 Art and Design -- Chapter 5 New Deal Culture -- Conclusion: The Cultural Legacy of the 1930s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622597');This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and a chapter on the role of the federal government in the development of the arts. The intellectual context of 1930s American culture is a strong feature, whilst case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade - from War of the Worlds to The Grapes of Wrath and from Edward Hopper to the Rockefeller Centre - help to explain the cultural impulses of radicalism, nationalism and escapism that characterize the United States in the 1930s.Key Features3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artistsChronology of 1930s American CultureBibliographies for each chapter22 black and white illustrations"
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780748622580 9780748629770
Culture.
American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
306.097309043