America in the Twenties and Thirties

America in the Twenties and Thirties
Title America in the Twenties and Thirties PDF eBook
Author Sean Dennis Cashman
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 651
Release 1989
Genre History
ISBN 0814714137

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In this, the third volume of an interdisciplinary history of the United States since the Civil War, Sean Dennis Cashman provides a comprehensive review of politics and economics from the tawdry affluence of the 1920s throught the searing tragedy of the Great Depression to the achievements of the New Deal in providing millions with relief, job opportunities, and hope before America was poised for its ascent to globalism on the eve of World War II. The book concludes with an account of the sliding path to war as Europe and Asia became prey to the ambitions of Hitler and military opportunists in Japan. The book also surveys the creative achievements of America's lost generation of artists, writers, and intellectuals; continuing innovations in transportation and communications wrought by automobiles and airplanes, radio and motion pictures; the experiences of black Americans, labor, and America's different classes and ethnic groups; and the tragicomedy of national prohibition. The cast of characters includes FDR, the New Dealers, Eleanor Roosevelt, George W. Norris, William E. Borah, Huey Long, Henry Ford, Clarence Darrow, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Orson Welles, Wendell Willkie, and the stars of radio and the silver screen. The first book in this series, America in the Gilded Age, is now accounted a classic for historiographical synthesis and stylisic polish. America in the Age of the Titans, covering the Progressive Era and World War I, and America in the Twenties and Thirties reveal the author's unerring grasp of various primary and secondary sources and his emphasis upon structures, individuals, and anecdotes about them. The book is lavishly illustrated with various prints, photographs, and reproductions from the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

America in the Gilded Age

America in the Gilded Age
Title America in the Gilded Age PDF eBook
Author Sean Dennis Cashman
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 446
Release 1993-10
Genre History
ISBN 0814714943

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**** New edition (an earlier version is cited in BCL3). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Twenties in America

The Twenties in America
Title The Twenties in America PDF eBook
Author Rollyson, Carl Edmund Rollyson
Publisher
Pages
Release 2012
Genre Nineteen twenties
ISBN

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Flappers, prohibition, jazz, and the Lost Generation.'The Twenties in America' examines the iconic personalties and moments of this uproarious decade. The encyclopedia serves as a valuable source of reliable information and keen insights for today's students.

Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939

Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939
Title Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939 PDF eBook
Author David E. Kyvig
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2002
Genre Nineteen thirties
ISBN

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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.

Anxious Decades

Anxious Decades
Title Anxious Decades PDF eBook
Author Michael E. Parrish
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 548
Release 1994
Genre History
ISBN 9780393311341

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"Impressively detailed. . . . An authoritative and epic overview."--Publishers Weekly

Coming of Age in America

Coming of Age in America
Title Coming of Age in America PDF eBook
Author Mary C. Waters
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 253
Release 2011-09-20
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 0520270932

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"Much hand-wringing has occurred over the so-called failure of young people to grow up today. This volume persuasively shows the range of forces that shape the protracted transition to adulthood. An excellent and enjoyable read." --Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. "The essays in this volume are written with great verve and intelligence, grounded in extensive fieldwork and careful data analysis." --Frank Furstenberg, Professor of Sociology in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania

The Defining Decade

The Defining Decade
Title The Defining Decade PDF eBook
Author Meg Jay
Publisher Twelve
Pages 240
Release 2012-04-17
Genre Psychology
ISBN 0446575062

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The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties—and themselves. Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours. Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives. Drawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to take the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood—if we use the time well. Also included in this updated edition: Up-to-date research on work, love, the brain, friendship, technology, and fertility What a decade of device use has taught us about looking at friends—and looking for love—online 29 conversations to have with your partner—or to keep in mind as you search for one A social experiment in which "digital natives" go without their phones A Reader's Guide for book clubs, classrooms, or further self-reflection