This Side of Despair

This Side of Despair How the Movies and American Life Intersected During the Great Depression

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Publisher's Synopsis

During the Great Depression, economic, political, and social crises converge with a rapidly expanding movie industry to create a product that offers a unique history of the period. This text studies 1930s films as a unique and sometimes camouflaged record of the great crisis.

Book information

ISBN: 9780838641293
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.43097309043
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 247
Weight: 599g
Height: 235mm
Width: 166mm
Spine width: 23mm