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A thrill to read. As a work of cultural history, it's the equivalent of a Fred and Ginger dance number. -- NPR The gloom of the Depression fed a brilliant cultural efflorescence that's trenchantly explored here...Dickstein's fluent, erudite, intriguing meditations turn up many resonances...The result is a fascinating portrait of a distant era that still speaks compellingly to our own. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) An exhaustive and invigorating overview of the films, songs, books, plays, buildings, and design that emerged from America's darkest economic decade. -- Dallas Morning News The definitive book about Depression culture for our time. -- San Francisco Chronicle A smart, ambitious piece of work, the product of prodigious research and careful thought, and those who read it will come away with a clearer understanding of an important but widely misunderstood period in the country's cultural life. -- Washington Post Dancing in the Dark is a fine, high-minded survey of the decade's cultural history. -- New York Times Book Review

An exhaustive and invigorating overview of the films, songs, books, plays, buildings, and design that emerged from America's darkest economic decade. -- Dallas Morning News A smart, ambitious piece of work, the product of prodigious research and careful thought, and those who read it will come away with a clearer understanding of an important but widely misunderstood period in the country's cultural life. -- Washington Post A thrill to read. As a work of cultural history, it's the equivalent of a Fred and Ginger dance number. -- NPR The gloom of the Depression fed a brilliant cultural efflorescence that's trenchantly explored here...Dickstein's fluent, erudite, intriguing meditations turn up many resonances...The result is a fascinating portrait of a distant era that still speaks compellingly to our own. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) The definitive book about Depression culture for our time. -- San Francisco Chronicle Dancing in the Dark is a fine, high-minded survey of the decade's cultural history. -- New York Times Book Review

Dancing in the Dark is a fine, high-minded survey of the decade's cultural history. -- New York Times Book Review The definitive book about Depression culture for our time. -- San Francisco Chronicle The gloom of the Depression fed a brilliant cultural efflorescence that's trenchantly explored here...Dickstein's fluent, erudite, intriguing meditations turn up many resonances...The result is a fascinating portrait of a distant era that still speaks compellingly to our own. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A thrill to read. As a work of cultural history, it's the equivalent of a Fred and Ginger dance number. -- NPR A smart, ambitious piece of work, the product of prodigious research and careful thought, and those who read it will come away with a clearer understanding of an important but widely misunderstood period in the country's cultural life. -- Washington Post An exhaustive and invigorating overview of the films, songs, books, plays, buildings, and design that emerged from America's darkest economic decade. -- Dallas Morning News

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Morris Dickstein is a literary and cultural critic and distinguished professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center and the author of Gates of Eden and Leopards in the Temple, among other works. He lives in New York City. Malcolm Hillgartner is an accomplished actor, writer, and musician. Named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2013 and the recipient of several Earphones Awards, he has narrated over 175 audiobooks.

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