Alice Goldfarb Marquis

Illustrated to convey the style and sensibility of the 1930s, this volume celebrates the events and personalities of the 1930s and the birth of American mass culture

The Birth of Modern Times, 1929-1939

Hopes and Ashes

Giovanni Garcia-Fenech 

Crisply written and full of interesting developments, but it was oddly heavy on the "hopes" part (the success of the film and magazine industries, the birth of radio and the MoMA, etc.) and very light on the "ashes" - surely the Great Depression merits more than a few passing mentions?

Hopes and Ashes The Birth of Modern Times, 1929-1939