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Dancing in the darkDancing in the dark

Dancing in the dark2009

a cultural history of the Great Depression

Morris Dickstein

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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.

Details

First published
2009
OL Work ID
OL2684066W

Subjects

Social life and customsDepressionsIntellectual lifePopular cultureCivilizationHistoryPopular culture, united statesDepressions, 1929United states, civilization, 1918-1945United states, intellectual lifeUnited states, social life and customsUnited states, history, 1919-1933United states, history, 1933-1945Manners and customsSoziale SituationKulturWeltwirtschaftskriseKulturhistoria

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