Sentence:  Moreover the centralization of our economy during the 1920 s , the dislocations of the Depression , the common ethos of Materialism everywhere , all contributed in various ways to the <WSD>face-lifting</WSD> that replaced Mike Fink and the Great Gatsby with the anonymous physiognomy of the Little People . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes