A wholly new perspective on the literature and art of the 1930s by a leading scholar of the period.

Introduction: Birth of a Public -- President in the Maelstrom: FDR as Public Opinion Theorist -- Twisted Populism: Pollsters and Delusions of Citizenship -- A C

This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and des

The fads, diversions, artistic accomplishments, and manners of the lively era with profiles of prominent individuals

Probably no decade saw as many changes in the Hollywood film industry and its product as the 1930s did. At the beginning of the decade, the industry was still s