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Hopes and Ashes book. Details (if other): Cancel. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Hopes and Ashes: The Birth of Modern Times, 1929-1939. by. Alice Goldfarb Marquis.

A study culled from secondary sources of radio, film, print, modern art, and the World's Fair. Rockefeller's act of vandalism is treated by Marquis as if it was a mild slap on the wrist of Rivera, a naughty boy who deserved it anyway. Marquis aims at a sort of popular narrative history á la Frederick Lewis Allen or Gilbert Seldes. Unfortunately, the book often reads like an imperfectly arranged slide lecture, with inapposite images juxtaposed: Edward Hopper, Thomas Wolfe, Martha Graham, and George Gershwin are mentioned in the same breath. An obtuse attempt at cultural history that crashes as surely as the market did in '29.

book by Alice Goldfarb Marquis. It is about what came to be known as "modernism" yet written in a surprisingly engaging and easy to understand style.

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ISBN 0 8. - Alice Goldfarb Marquis, Hopes and Ashes: The Birth of Modern Times, 1929–1939 (New York: Free Press, 1986, £1. 5). Pp. 274. ISBN 002 920250 7. Stuart Kidd (a1). Bulmershe College of Higher Education.

Marquis, Alice Goldfarb 1930-PERSONAL:Born March 30, 1930, in Munich, Germany; came to . Hopes and Ashes: The Birth of Modern Times, Free Press (New York, NY), 1987. in 1938, naturalized . citizen, 1943; daughter of Erwin and Emma (a designer) Goldfarb; married Lowell Blankfort, June 26, 1949 (divorced, March, 1973); children: Jonathan Blankfort. Source for information on Marquis, Alice Goldfarb 1930-: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series dictionary. Alfred H. Barr, J. Missionary for the Modern, Contemporary Books (Chicago, IL), 1989.

Marquis describes developments in these areas, as well as detailing the 1939 New York World's Fair, in this well-written, enjoyable book

Marquis describes developments in these areas, as well as detailing the 1939 New York World's Fair, in this well-written, enjoyable book. The interaction of mass and elite culture is investigated, as are the cultural effects of the Depression and the European unrest in the course of the decade. Unfortunately, Marquis covers little new ground, fails to tie her discussions together, and uses many secondary sources. Illustrated to convey the style and sensibility of the 1930s, this volume illustrates the events and personalities of the 1930s and the birth of American mass culture.

Saved in: Main Author: Marquis, Alice Goldfarb. Published: New York : London : Free Press ; Collier Macmillan, c1986. Subjects: Mass media United States History 20th century.

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