Modernity and the Great Depression: The Transformation of American Society, 1930-1941

by Kenneth J. Bindas

Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Order, planning, and reason--in the depths of the Great Depression, with the nation teetering on the brink of collapse, this was what was needed. And this, Kenneth J. Bindas suggests, was what the ideas and ideals of modernity offered--a way to make sense of the chaos all around. In Modernity and the Great Depression, Bindas offers a new perspective on the provenance and power of modernist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700624007
• ISBN13: 9780700624003
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"