Becoming a modern nation, 1900-1920

Author(s)

• Media Projects Incorporated

Bibliographic Information

Becoming a modern nation, 1900-1920

（Life & times in 20th-century America, v. 1）

Greenwood Press, 2004

• : set

Note

"[Edited by] Media Projects, Inc."--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [139]

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: set ISBN 9780313325700

Description

While newspapers, radio, television, and later the Internet reported astounding national and world events such as World War I and II, the moon landing, and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, daily life continued apace for most Americans. How did the century's various discoveries, inventions, and events affect everyday Americans? Greenwood's five-volume Life & Times in 20th-Century America traces in detail the ups and downs of this political and social history, helping students to see how historical events impacted citizens' daily lives. Each volume includes chapters on the following topics: America during the period (overview and chronology) Family Life Social and Political Attitudes Education The Economy Work Religion Health, Science and Technology Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment Fashions and Fads. Readers can trace each topic from the beginning of the century to its end, and can compare and contrast how various people and events influenced the topic over time. Volume 1: Becoming a Modern Nation: 1900-1920 Volume 2: Boom Times, Hard Times: 1921-1940 Volume 3: Hot and Cold Wars: 1941-1960 Volume 4: Troubled Times at Home: 1961-1980 Volume 5: Promise and Change: 1981-2000 250 photographs 100 maps, charts, and illustrations Sidebars and fact boxes Timelines Excerpts from primary documents Glossary Index

Table of Contents

Volume 1 America in the New Century Family Life Social and Political Attitudes Education The Economic and Consumer World Work Religion and Religious Issues Health, Science, and Technology Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment Fashion and Fads Glossary For More Information Bibliography Index Volume 2 Life on a Roller Coaster Volume 3 Victory, Prosperity, and Cold War Volume 4 Old Challenges and a "New Frontier" Volume 5 America Closes the Century

Volume

ISBN 9780313325717

Description

Emerging from the Gilded Age, Americans greeted a new century in the midst of the Industrial Revolution. Factory working conditions were hazardous, but earnings provided families with income for necessities, as well as new luxuries such as automobiles or tickets to baseball games. Fashions for men and women grew less restrictive, and women struggled for the right to vote. Many modern medicines had not yet been developed, and families struggled to nurse loved ones through the flu epidemic of 1918/19.

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Details

• NCID: BA64542561
• ISBN:
  • 0313325715
  • 0313325707
• LCCN: 2003044829
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: 144 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E741
  • DC21 : 973.91
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
  • LCSH : United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA64542368