Popular Culture in the 1930s

by Paul Fussell

Overview

If you can identify Lum and Abner, if you can remember when van Gogh was virtually unknown in the United States, and if you get a clear image of a great white tack and ball when you hear the words trylon and perisphere, you especially will savor Hopes and Ashes: The Birth of Modern Times, 1929-1939. The book is a brisk if spotty social history of the 1930s emphasizing advertising and publicity as the nourishers of popular culture.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148399834
Publisher:	The World & I Online
Publication date:	10/24/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
File size:	14 KB