The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945

by Harvey Green

Book Overview

The era between the world wars, from the "roaring 20s" to the grim days of the Great Depression, was a time of tremendous change. The United States became an increasingly urban culture as people left their farms to seek work in the cities. Many blacks moved North to escape the violence and racism of a resurgent Ku Klux Klan in the South. And, while life became more comfortable for many Americans during this period, by 1941 only half the population...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060162961
• ISBN13: 9780060162962
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Lanny North

I found this book an excellent read. Having been born three years before the end date of this book, I found the intimate look at my Mother's world and that of my Grandfather an excellent window. Recommended for all those who wish to know what babies were cast out with the bathwater.

A superbly written, insightful, informative history.

Between the ending of the First World War and the beginning of World War II, the United States rapidly became an increasingly urban culture as people left their farms to seek work in the cities. The economic enticements of industrialization during the 1920s, the devastated Midwest farming and economic restrictions during the years of "The Great Depression", the migration of blacks out of the South and into the industrial belt of the North to escape poverty and racial discrimination, all contributed to this changing demographic. Even though the standard of living improved for many American families during this period, by 1941 only half the population enjoyed the modern conveniences that are nowadays taken for granted. For many Americans, daily life was hallmarked with economic uncertainty, unpredictable jobs and wages, labor unrest, and stock market mishaps. In The Uncertainty Of Everyday Life 1915-1945, history professor Harvey Green (Northeastern University) recounts an era of unprecedented changes in American culture and the impact of those uncertain times on employment, home life, gender roles, education, religion, recreation. The Uncertainty Of Everyday Life 1915-1945 is a superb work of insightful, informative history that is exceptionally well written and highly recommended to students of American history and popular culture.