The Resource Modernity and the Great Depression : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941, Kenneth J. Bindas, (electronic resource)
Modernity and the Great Depression : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941, Kenneth J. Bindas, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Order, planning, and reason-in the depths of the Great Depression, with the nation teetering on the brink of collapse, this was what was needed. And this, Kenneth J. Bindas suggests, was what the ideas and ideals of modernity offered-a way to make sense of the chaos all around. InModernity and the Great Depression, Bindas offers a new perspective on the provenance and power of modernist thought and practice in early twentieth-century America.In the midst of a terrible economic, social, and political crisis, modernism provided an alternative to the response of many traditional moralists and religious leaders. Promoting a faith based in reason, organization, and planning, modernists espoused a salvation that was not eternal but rather temporal, tangible, and, for a generation with so little to hold onto, eminently practical-one that found virtue in pleasure and private pursuits. After surveying the contested definitional terrain of "modernism" and "modernity," Bindas tracks their course and influence through such government programs as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Youth Administration; in the massive American Expositions and World's Fairs that heralded progress and a better future; on the efforts of women interior decorators to update and enhance the comforts of the modern home; and-thanks to the proliferation of electricity and radio-on the popular and high-culture musical recordings and broadcasts that reinforced a shift away from traditional modes of performance and reception.In the transformation he describes, Bindas also locates the limits of modernism's influence, as later generations confronted the spiritual shortcomings of its ultra-rationalist and materialist paradigm.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction. Order, planning, and reason
- The end of times : defining modernity in the 1930s
- A new model army : the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and modernity
- Salvation awaits : expositions, world's fairs, and modernity
- A woman's place/a family's hearth : interior decorators and modernity
- Sounds for the Modern Age : music as celebration of modernity
- Epilogue. New directions and challenges : the postwar divide
- Isbn
- 9780700624003
- Label
- Modernity and the Great Depression : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941
- Title
- Modernity and the Great Depression
- Title remainder
- the transformation of American society, 1930-1941
- Statement of responsibility
- Kenneth J. Bindas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Order, planning, and reason-in the depths of the Great Depression, with the nation teetering on the brink of collapse, this was what was needed. And this, Kenneth J. Bindas suggests, was what the ideas and ideals of modernity offered-a way to make sense of the chaos all around. InModernity and the Great Depression, Bindas offers a new perspective on the provenance and power of modernist thought and practice in early twentieth-century America.In the midst of a terrible economic, social, and political crisis, modernism provided an alternative to the response of many traditional moralists and religious leaders. Promoting a faith based in reason, organization, and planning, modernists espoused a salvation that was not eternal but rather temporal, tangible, and, for a generation with so little to hold onto, eminently practical-one that found virtue in pleasure and private pursuits. After surveying the contested definitional terrain of "modernism" and "modernity," Bindas tracks their course and influence through such government programs as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Youth Administration; in the massive American Expositions and World's Fairs that heralded progress and a better future; on the efforts of women interior decorators to update and enhance the comforts of the modern home; and-thanks to the proliferation of electricity and radio-on the popular and high-culture musical recordings and broadcasts that reinforced a shift away from traditional modes of performance and reception.In the transformation he describes, Bindas also locates the limits of modernism's influence, as later generations confronted the spiritual shortcomings of its ultra-rationalist and materialist paradigm.--
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- Bindas, Kenneth J
- Illustrations
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- Index
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- CultureAmerica
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- Social change
- Depressions
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Civilization, Modern
- United States
- Label
- Modernity and the Great Depression : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941, Kenneth J. Bindas, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-257) and index
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- online resource
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- Contents
- Introduction. Order, planning, and reason -- The end of times : defining modernity in the 1930s -- A new model army : the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and modernity -- Salvation awaits : expositions, world's fairs, and modernity -- A woman's place/a family's hearth : interior decorators and modernity -- Sounds for the Modern Age : music as celebration of modernity -- Epilogue. New directions and challenges : the postwar divide
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- ybp13814013
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
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- online
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- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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- 9780700624003
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- computer
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- rdamedia
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- c
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- illustrations.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978352149
- Label
- Modernity and the Great Depression : the transformation of American society, 1930-1941, Kenneth J. Bindas, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-257) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Order, planning, and reason -- The end of times : defining modernity in the 1930s -- A new model army : the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and modernity -- Salvation awaits : expositions, world's fairs, and modernity -- A woman's place/a family's hearth : interior decorators and modernity -- Sounds for the Modern Age : music as celebration of modernity -- Epilogue. New directions and challenges : the postwar divide
- Control code
- ybp13814013
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780700624003
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978352149
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