History, David E. Kyvig, Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.<\/p>\n
\u2022One to two paragraph brief summary of the book.\u2022Who is the authorand what is his or her background? \u2022Does the author have any particular ideological viewpoint that he or she is trying to advance or do you consider the author to have been neutral and presented both sides of controversial issues? (You will find asking this same question will help you in other courses and your future career.)\u2022What do you think of the author\u2019s title? Would you have used a different title?\u2022Do you believe the author accurately described the social history of the decades of the 1920s and the 1930s? What, if anything, might be excluded or added? \u2022When was this book written? Does the author reflect the views (biases) of the time when the book was written? Why or why not? \u2022What did you find most interesting in the book? Least interesting? \u2022Do you think the authormakes the material interesting, understandableand relevant to the general public? Why or why not?\u2022If you were the editor in the publishing company, what changes, if any, would you make to the author\u2019s draft?\u2022Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?\u2022Did the book increase your interest in a particular issue that you would like to learn more about?\u2022Do you think it is worthwhile to study social history?\u2022Would you recommend that I continue to use this book in this course with future students? Would you have preferred to read a book on another subject covered by this course (military history, economics, etc.)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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