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In 1930s, crises brought by Depression, climatic devastation, and rearmament of Europe led Americans from all walks of life to believe that capitalism and technology had synthesized into a monstrous force that threatened human race. This book traces symbolism of embattled and recuperative body across a spectrum of American culture in Machine Age.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Things of the Spirit
• Subtitle: Art and Healing in the American Body Politic, 1929-1941
• Author: George van Cleve Speer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 238
• EAN: 9781433115684
• ISBN: 9781433115684
• ID: 10028683
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Weight: 484 g
• Dimensions: 157 × 232 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. June 2012

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