Main Street in Crisis
The Great Depression and the Old Middle Class on the Northern Plains
This study of class during the Great Depression is the first to examine a relatively neglected geographical area, the northern plains states of North and South Dakota, from a social and cultural perspective. Surveying the values and ideals of the old middle class -- independent shopkeepers, artisans, professionals, and farmers -- Catherine Stock presents a picture of Dakotans' cultural life in the 1920s and 1930s and tells of their efforts to come to terms with the enormous social change brought about by the New Deal.According to Stock, the depression not only destroyed Dakotans' economic foundations but also bankrupted their community organ…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8078-4689-6
- EAN: 9780807846896
- Produktnummer: 1496182
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.8 cm 494 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 494
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