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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.
Contents
ProloguePrelude: The 1890s: Bridge to the Twentieth CenturyPart I: An Era of Awakening, 1900-1919Chapter 1: TR, Taft, and the Progressive ImpulseChapter 2: America Looks Outward, 1900-1912Chapter 3: Nations Within: The Experiences of Immigrants, Minorities, and WorkersChapter 4: A Cultural Awakening, 1900-1919Chapter 5: Wilson, Reform, and the Coming of WarChapter 6: From World War to Lost PeaceBibliographic EssayPart II: An Era of Trial and Triumph, 1920-1945Chapter 7: The 1920s: Decade of Fear, Decade of ExcessChapter 8: Republicanism from Prosperity to the Great DepressionChapter 9: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New DealChapter 10: Culture: Revolt and RetreatChapter 11: Interwar DiplomacyChapter 12: World War II: Home Front and Battlefront, 1941-1945Bibliographic EssayPart III: An Era of Uncertainty, 1945-1968Chapter 13: The Fair Deal and the Cold War, 1945-1952Chapter 14: Peace and Peril, 1953-1960Chapter 15: The Affluent SocietyChapter 16: Cultural DissentChapter 17: New Frontiers, New Anxieties at Home, 1961-1968Chapter 18: Foreign Anxieties, 1961-1968Bibliographic EssayPart IV: An Era of Diversity, since 1969Chapter 19: The Nixon Years, 1969-1974Chapter 20: Healing and Malaise: The Ford and Carter AdministrationsChapter 21: The Reagan RebellionChapter 22: A Culture of DiversityChapter 23: "Can We All Get Along?": The Soul of the NationChapter 24: From George Bush to George W. BushPostlude: The Presidency of George W. BushBibliographic EssayEpilogue: A Time of Paradox
