Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades of Promise and Pain
- ISBN-10
- 0313295557
- ISBN-13
- 9780313295553
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- David E. Kyvig
Description
Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s.
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