Tag Archives: Murray Kempton

1939: the two americas

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dave

…The social and political attitudes that had arisen out of the depression were stil firmly in control of the national mind. There were, as John Dos Passos had written, two Americas: the capitalistic one that saw the solution to its … Continue reading →

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1939: few twinges of guilt

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dave

What was America like in 1939? In a way caught between the bark and the tree with the Depression still a traumatic memory and a World War on the horizon. The United States was on the threshold of a new … Continue reading →

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1939: ole times sake

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dave

America in 1939, stuck between the rear-view mirror of the Great Depression and the impending war. Idyllic times? The good ole’ days? The New York World’s Fair of 1939 had as its theme “the world of tomorrow,” one based on … Continue reading →