Time of paradox : America from awakening to Hiroshima, 1890-1945
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Time of paradox : America from awakening to Hiroshima, 1890-1945
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In this lively and provocative synthesis, distinguished historian Glen Jeansonne explores the people and events that shaped America in the decades from 1890 through 1945. Comprehensive in scope, A Time of Paradox offers a balanced look at the political, diplomatic, social and cultural developments of the first half of the twentieth century, while focusing on the diverse and sometimes contradictory human experiences that characterized this dynamic era.
Table of Contents
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
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
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