![]() In sum, Kyvig's book represents a penetrating information-packed portrait of Main Street, USA, during tumultuous times. In the midst of his quite lucid and readable analysis, the author also touches on race, gender, class and the differences between rural and urban environments. ![]() Kyvig 0 Ratings 8 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Overview View 4 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 2005 Publisher Ivan R. Kyvig also documents the massive impact-most of it negative-of Prohibition, a sign of the federal government's growing impact on people's lives, an impact greatly heightened by the New Deal. Daily life in the United States, 1920-1940 how Americans lived through the 'Roaring Twenties' and the Great Depression Rev. He delineates how the mass production of cars changed people's buying habits with the introduction of credit, and how battery-powered radios meant rural folks could share the new mass culture with city dwellers. ![]() Kyvig covers everything from the development of the small pick-up truck to the spread of country and western music and shifting practices in religion and health care. What were your grandparents doing in the 1920s and '30s? How did they spend their days and how were they affected by the popular culture? What were their work and domestic lives like? These are the questions Kyvig, a Bancroft Prize winner for Explicit and Authentic ActsĪnd Northern Illinois University history professor, explores probingly in his new study. ![]()
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