Radical Visions and American Dreams: Culture and Social Thought in the Depression Years Paperback - 2004
by Richard H. Pells
First line
One of the more compelling myths about American history is its susceptibility to categorization by decades.
From the rear cover
The Great Depression of the 1930s was more than an economic catastrophe to many American writers and artists. Attracted to Marxist ideals, they interpreted the crisis as a symptom of a deeper spiritual malaise that reflected the dehumanizing effects of capitalism, and they advocated more sweeping social changes than those enacted under the New Deal.
In Radical Visions and American Dreams, Richard Pells discusses the work of Lewis Mumford, John Dewey, Reinhold Niebuhr, Edmund Wilson, and Orson Welles, among others. He analyzes developments in liberal reform, radical social criticism, literature, the theater, and mass culture, and especially the impact of Hollywood on depression-era America. By placing cultural developments against the background of the New Deal, the influence of the American Communist Party, and the coming of World War II, Pells explains how these artists and intellectuals wanted to transform American society, yet why they wound up defending the American Dream. A new preface enhances this classic work of American cultural history.
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- Title Radical Visions and American Dreams: Culture and Social Thought in the Depression Years
- Author Richard H. Pells
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date October 13, 2004
- ISBN 9780252067433 / 0252067436
- Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9.01 x 6.05 x 1 in (22.89 x 15.37 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Intellectual life - 20th, United States - Civilization - 1918-1945
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98021404
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.91
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