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- catalog abstract ""The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945 is a vivid chronicle of American life between the two world wars that reveals a country expanding in every direction, energetic and optimistic in the 1920s before the shock of the Great Depression and the increasingly uncertain life of the grim 1930s." "By 1915 the United States had become an increasingly urban culture, and the fortunes of the farming population were declining in income and prestige. Racism in the South was on the rise, and many blacks moved North to escape the Ku Klux Klan and its dominance of Southern attitudes. Life became more comfortable for many Americans, but as World War II began only half the population enjoyed the modern conveniences we now take for granted--running water, indoor plumbing, central heating. Consumerism became an active force in national life and, spurred by the new science of advertising, Americans bought cars, radios, and appliances. However, jobs and wages were unpredictable, labor unrest was constant, savings vanished in the stock market, and uncertainty hovered over daily life for many Americans."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b3795347.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1918-1945.".
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description ""The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945 is a vivid chronicle of American life between the two world wars that reveals a country expanding in every direction, energetic and optimistic in the 1920s before the shock of the Great Depression and the increasingly uncertain life of the grim 1930s." "By 1915 the United States had become an increasingly urban culture, and the fortunes of the farming population were declining in income and prestige. Racism in the South was on the rise, and many blacks moved North to escape the Ku Klux Klan and its dominance of Southern attitudes. Life became more comfortable for many Americans, but as World War II began only half the population enjoyed the modern conveniences we now take for granted--running water, indoor plumbing, central heating. Consumerism became an active force in national life and, spurred by the new science of advertising, Americans bought cars, radios, and appliances. However, jobs and wages were unpredictable, labor unrest was constant, savings vanished in the stock market, and uncertainty hovered over daily life for many Americans."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Work, Struggle, Intolerance. Office Work. Laborers. Struggles and Bias. Farming. Lumbering, Fishing, Mining. Working Women -- 2. Crash. The Crash. Roosevelt Triumphant -- 3. Houses and Homes. Housing, Ideal and Real. Farmers' Housing. The Suburbs and the City -- 4. Growing Up, Going Out, Getting Old. Bearing and Raising Children. Finding a Mate; Youth Culture. Religion, Aging, Dying. Wars -- 5. The Healthy Table and the Healthy Home. Cooking. Reform. Influenza and the Cleanliness Crusade -- 6. Playing. The Radio Age. Reading. The Movies. Nightlife. Time Off. Sports.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-252) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 262 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Uncertainty of everyday life, 1915-1945.".
- catalog identifier "0060162961 (cloth) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Uncertainty of everyday life, 1915-1945.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Everyday life in America series".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollinsPublishers,".
- catalog relation "Uncertainty of everyday life, 1915-1945.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1918-1945.".
- catalog subject "973.91 20".
- catalog subject "E169 .G83 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Work, Struggle, Intolerance. Office Work. Laborers. Struggles and Bias. Farming. Lumbering, Fishing, Mining. Working Women -- 2. Crash. The Crash. Roosevelt Triumphant -- 3. Houses and Homes. Housing, Ideal and Real. Farmers' Housing. The Suburbs and the City -- 4. Growing Up, Going Out, Getting Old. Bearing and Raising Children. Finding a Mate; Youth Culture. Religion, Aging, Dying. Wars -- 5. The Healthy Table and the Healthy Home. Cooking. Reform. Influenza and the Cleanliness Crusade -- 6. Playing. The Radio Age. Reading. The Movies. Nightlife. Time Off. Sports.".
- catalog title "The uncertainty of everyday life, 1915-1945 / Harvey Green.".
- catalog type "text".