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Informationen zum Autor David E. Kyvig is professor of history at Northern Illinois University. He has written a number of books in American history, including Explicit and Authentic Acts, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize. He lives in DeKalb, Illinois. Klappentext The twenties and thirties witnessed dramatic changes in American life: increasing urbanization, technological innovation, cultural upheaval, and economic disaster. In this fascinating book, the prize-winning historian David E. Kyvig describes everyday life in these decades, when automobiles and home electricity became commonplace, when radio and the movies became broadly popular. Zusammenfassung The twenties and thirties witnessed dramatic changes in American life: increasing urbanization! technological innovation! cultural upheaval! and economic disaster. In this fascinating book! the prize-winning historian David E. Kyvig describes everyday life in these decades! when automobiles and home electricity became commonplace! when radio and the movies became broadly popular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Circumstances of American Life in 1920Chapter 2: Automobiles and the Construction of Daily LifeChapter 3: Electricity and the Conditions of Daily LifeChapter 4: Radio and the Connecting of Daily LivesChapter 5: Cinema and the Extension of ExperienceChapter 6: Carrying on Day by Day: Life's BasicsChapter 7: Carrying on Year by Year: Making a LifeChapter 8: Conflict, Crime, and Catastrophe: The Disruptions of Daily LifeChapter 9: Culture for the Masses: The Standardizing of Daily LifeChapter 10: Crisis: The Impact of the Great DepressionChapter 11: Creating the New Deal: A Larger Role for Government in Daily LifeChapter 12: Continuity and Change: American Communities at the End of the 1930sFor Further Reading
