What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Government Report Says About Who We Are
- 1920s Los AngelesOne hundred years ago, on September 26, 1929, President Herbert Hoover gathered a group of social scientists at the White House.
- He asked them to begin research on the most detailed report ever produced on the state of the nation.
- Four years later, running more than 1,500 pages long, Recent Social Trends was published, offering an unusually granular look at life in the mid-1920s.
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- 1920s Los AngelesOne hundred years ago, on September 26, 1929, President Herbert Hoover gathered a group of social scientists at the White House.
- He asked them to begin research on the most detailed report ever produced on the state of the nation.
- Four years later, running more than 1,500 pages long, Recent Social Trends was published, offering an unusually granular look at life in the mid-1920s.
Sources: Derekthompson