Century of the leisured masses : entertainment and the transformation of twentieth-century America / David George Surdam ; preface by Ken McCormick.

At the end of the 19th century, economist Thorstein Veblen wrote 'The Theory of the Leisure Class.' A century later, the economic conditions in America had changed beyond recognition. Improvements in agricultural productivity led to better nutrition and triggered improved productivity and...

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Main Author: Surdam, David G. (David George)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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