{"product_id":"the-emotional-life-of-the-john-marsh-9780198847731","title":"The Emotional Life of the Great Depression","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Emotional Life of the Great Depression\u003c\/em\u003e documents how Americans responded emotionally to the crisis of the Great Depression. Unlike most books about the 1930s, which focus almost exclusively on the despair of the American people during the decade, this volume explores the 1930s through other, equally essential emotions: righteousness, panic, fear, awe, love, and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn expanding the canon of Great Depression emotions, the book draws on an eclectic archive of sources, including the ravings of a would-be presidential assassin, stock market investment handbooks, a Cleveland serial murder case, Jesse Owens's record-setting long jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, King Edward VIII's abdication from his throne to marry a twice-divorced American woman, and the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. In concert with these, it offers new readings of the imaginative literature of the period, from obscure Christian apocalyptic novels and H.P. Lovecraft short stories to classics like John Steinbeck's \u003cem\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/em\u003e and Richard Wright's \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e. The result is a new take on the Great Depression, one that emphasizes its major events (the stock market crash, unemployment, the passage of the Social Security Act) but also, and perhaps even more so, its sensibilities, its structures of feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Marsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198847734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198847731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"John Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054698983679,"sku":"9780198847731","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_134deba8-ff31-432c-970e-336744c3a1ff.jpg?v=1685031471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emotional-life-of-the-john-marsh-9780198847731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}