Dancing in the dark
Subtitle: a cultural history of the Great Depression
By: Morris Dickstein.
Publisher: W. W. Norton; W.W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780393072259
Subjects: Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Depressions -- 1929 -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945; United States -- History -- 1933-1945; United States -- History -- 1919-1933
Description: Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.