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Author Scandura, Jani.

Title Down in the dumps : place, modernity, American Depression / Jani Scandura
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 321 pages) : illustrations
Series Duke backfile
Contents Introduction: a geography of depression -- Reno, the divorce factory -- Key West, the nation and the corpse -- Harlem, blud-penciled place -- Hollywood(land), wax, fire, insomnia -- Afterword: the prison and the pentagon
Summary A cultural studies account of America during the 1930s as seen through Key West, Harlem, Hollywood, and Reno
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index
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SUBJECT University of South Alabama gnd
Subject National characteristics, American.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
Depression, Mental -- Social aspects -- United States
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Civilization
Depression, Mental -- Social aspects
Depressions
Memory -- Social aspects
National characteristics, American
Depression Wirtschaft
Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929-1932
SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139943
United States -- Civilization -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139945
Reno (Nev.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Key West (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Subject California -- Los Angeles -- Hollywood
Florida -- Key West
Nevada -- Reno
New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822390336
0822390337
1282923536
9781282923539
9786612923531
6612923539