America in the 1930s
By: Edmund Lindop.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Juvenile literature; Nineteen thirties -- Juvenile literature; Nineteen thirties; United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- 1933-1945; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Looks at the decade that brought Americans Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal, the Lindbergh kidnapping, John L. Lewis, miniature golf, and feature-length Disney animated films.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.  ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The election of 1932; title: Getting to know Franklin D. Roosevelt; title: The coming of the New Deal; title: FDR and the New Deal are assailed; title: Seven newsmakers; title: Rendezvous with destiny; title: Prohibition and gangsters; title: Women face the Great Depression; title: Literature; title: Popular music and art; title: Radio; title: Recreation during depression days; title: From Shirley Temple to Frankenstein; title: Plays; title: Sports; title: The gathering war clouds.