A time of paradox : America since 1890
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A time of paradox : America since 1890
Rowman & Littlefield, c2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this lively and provocative synthesis, historian Glen Jeansonne explores the people events that shaped America in the twentieth century. Comprehensive in scope, A Time of Paradox analyzes the political, diplomatic, social and cultural developments of the last century while focusing on the diverse and sometimes contradictory human experiences that characterized this dynamic period in American history.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Prelude: The 1890s: Bridge to the Twentieth Century
Part I: An Era of Awakening, 1900-1919
Chapter 1: TR, Taft, and the Progressive Impulse
Chapter 2: America Looks Outward, 1900-1912
Chapter 3: Nations Within: The Experiences of Immigrants, Minorities, and Workers
Chapter 4: A Cultural Awakening, 1900-1919
Chapter 5: Wilson, Reform, and the Coming of War
Chapter 6: From World War to Lost Peace
Bibliographic Essay
Part II: An Era of Trial and Triumph, 1920-1945
Chapter 7: The 1920s: Decade of Fear, Decade of Excess
Chapter 8: Republicanism from Prosperity to the Great Depression
Chapter 9: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
Chapter 10: Culture: Revolt and Retreat
Chapter 11: Interwar Diplomacy
Chapter 12: World War II: Home Front and Battlefront, 1941-1945
Bibliographic Essay
Part III: An Era of Uncertainty, 1945-1968
Chapter 13: The Fair Deal and the Cold War, 1945-1952
Chapter 14: Peace and Peril, 1953-1960
Chapter 15: The Affluent Society
Chapter 16: Cultural Dissent
Chapter 17: New Frontiers, New Anxieties at Home, 1961-1968
Chapter 18: Foreign Anxieties, 1961-1968
Bibliographic Essay
Part IV: An Era of Diversity, since 1969
Chapter 19: The Nixon Years, 1969-1974
Chapter 20: Healing and Malaise: The Ford and Carter Administrations
Chapter 21: The Reagan Rebellion
Chapter 22: A Culture of Diversity
Chapter 23: "Can We All Get Along?": The Soul of the Nation
Chapter 24: From George Bush to George W. Bush
Postlude: The Presidency of George W. Bush
Bibliographic Essay
Epilogue: A Time of Paradox
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