Glen Jeansonne

A Time of Paradox

America from Awakening to Hiroshima, 1890-1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780742533813
• ISBN-10: 0742533816
• Artikelnr.: 22553381

Autorenporträt

By Glen Jeansonne

Inhaltsangabe

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