American Culture in the 1930s

David Eldridge

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2008

American Culture in the 1930s

David Eldridge

In the series Twentieth-Century American Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748629770

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About this book

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 Features

3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artists
Chronology of 1930s American Culture
Bibliographies for each chapter
22 black and white illustrations

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Case Studies Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Chronology of 1930s American Culture Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 22 B/W illustrations
Keywords: American Studies

eBook

Published: October 8, 2008
ISBN: 9780748629770