The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932University of Chicago Press, 7. 5. 2010. - 332 страница Beginning with Woodrow Wilson and U.S. entry into World War I and closing with the Great Depression, The Perils of Prosperity traces the transformation of America from an agrarian, moralistic, isolationist nation into a liberal, industrialized power involved in foreign affairs in spite of itself. William E. Leuchtenburg's lively yet balanced account of this hotly debated era in American history has been a standard text for many years. This substantial revision gives greater weight to the roles of women and minorities in the great changes of the era and adds new insights into literature, the arts, and technology in daily life. He has also updated the lists of important dates and resources for further reading. “This book gives us a rare opportunity to enjoy the matured interpretation of an American Historian who has returned to the story and seen how recent decades have added meaning and vividness to this epoch of our history.”—Daniel J. Boorstin, from the Preface |
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... traditional virtues . We have liked to think that the era proved next to nothing about our true national character . We have readily believed that its only legacies were a hangover and an instructive catalogue of the Deadly Sins . In ...
... traditional virtues . We have liked to think that the era proved next to nothing about our true national character . We have readily believed that its only legacies were a hangover and an instructive catalogue of the Deadly Sins . In ...
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... tradition of the cru- sading journalist was all but ended ; readers had no idea who ed- ited their magazines or newspapers . The aspiring attorney no longer read law in the office . The social worker ministered to the town drunkard . No ...
... tradition of the cru- sading journalist was all but ended ; readers had no idea who ed- ited their magazines or newspapers . The aspiring attorney no longer read law in the office . The social worker ministered to the town drunkard . No ...
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... tradition of isolation from foreign affairs had been eroded by the imperialist surge of the 1890s and the Spanish - American War . Yet America had still not been made over by the machine in 1914. Technology had not invaded the home ...
... tradition of isolation from foreign affairs had been eroded by the imperialist surge of the 1890s and the Spanish - American War . Yet America had still not been made over by the machine in 1914. Technology had not invaded the home ...
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... traditional standards , the United States was plunged into the responsibilities of becoming the world's greatest power . Never did a nation accept authority more reluctantly . Unlike Elizabethan England after the Armada , the United ...
... traditional standards , the United States was plunged into the responsibilities of becoming the world's greatest power . Never did a nation accept authority more reluctantly . Unlike Elizabethan England after the Armada , the United ...
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... tradition of leadership . It placed economic primacy in the hands of a country unprepared to guide world trade . It made money the measure of man . High above New York's Columbus Circle , a huge electric sign blinked : " You should have ...
... tradition of leadership . It placed economic primacy in the hands of a country unprepared to guide world trade . It made money the measure of man . High above New York's Columbus Circle , a huge electric sign blinked : " You should have ...
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2 Innocents Abroad | 30 |
3 The Fourteenth Point | 49 |
4 Red Scare | 66 |
5 The Politics of Normalcy | 84 |
6 The Reluctant Giant | 104 |
7 Tired Radicals | 120 |
10 The Second Industrial Revolution | 178 |
11 Political Fundamentalism | 203 |
12 The Sidewalks of New York | 225 |
13 Smashup | 241 |
Epilogue | 265 |
Important Dates | 271 |
Suggested Reading | 275 |
Acknowledgments | 297 |
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