Pivotal Decades: The United States In 1900-1920

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W. W. Norton & Company, 7. 8. 1990. - 408 страница
Contemporary American began in the first two decades of this century.

These were the years in which two of our greatest presidents—Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson—transformed the office into the center of power; in which the United States entered the world stage and fought its first overseas war; in which the government's proper role in the economy became a public question; and in which reform became an imperative for muckraking reporters, progressive politicians, social activists, and writers.

It was a golden age in American politics, when fundamental ideas were given compelling expression by thoughtful candidates. It was a trying time, however, for many Americans, including women who fought for the vote, blacks who began organizing to secure their rights, and activists on the Left who lost theirs in the first Red Scare of the century.

John Cooper's panoramic history of this period shows us where we came from and sheds light on where we are.

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The United States in 1900
10
That Damned Cowboy
31
CONTINUITY AT HOME
42
BIG STICK ABROAD
50
IN HIS OWN RIGHT
56
Excitement and Irritation
62
THE EXCLUSION OF BLACKS
70
THE REFORM IMPULSE
80
NEW FREEDOM FOR WHOM?
202
REFORMERS AT A CROSSROADS
212
Armageddon Abroad
220
WAR IN EUROPE
227
THE SHOCK OF RECOGNITION
233
He Kept Us Out of War
247
A PEACE OFFENSIVE
255
Over There
268

Power and Responsibility in the Age of Roosevelt
90
THE WORLD STAGE
102
DEADLOCK
109
Social Turmoil and Political Ferment
122
THE ALLURES OF MODERNITY
132
COLLISIONS IN POLITICS
145
The Emergence of Wilson
158
HATS IN THE RING
169
THE GREAT CAMPAIGN
175
The New Freedom
190
THE WAR AT HOME
287
CHANGE WITHIN CONTINUITY
305
TO THE FOURTEEN POINTS
314
PEACEMAKING AT PARIS
333
THE STRUGGLE OVER THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
343
The Twenties Begin
357
FURTHER READING
377
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
393
90
398
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John Milton Cooper, Jr., is the author of the acclaimed dual biography of Roosevelt and Wilson, The Warrior and the Priest. He is William Frances Allen Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin.

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