A Time of Paradox America from Awakening to

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.

Glen Jeansonne is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee David Luhrssen has lectured at Marquette University, Beloit College, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue to A Time of Paradox: America from Awakening to Hiroshima	p. xiii
Prelude: The 1890s: Bridge to the Twentieth Century	p. xix
An Era of Awakening, 1900-1919
Prologue	p. 3
Time Line	p. 7
TR, Taft, and the Progressive Impulse	p. 9
America Looks Outward, 1900-1912	p. 25
Nations within: The Experiences of Immigrants, Minorities, and Workers	p. 34
A Culture Awakening, 1900-1919	p. 47
Victory and Defeat	p. 60
Wilson, Reform, and the Coming of War	p. 64
The Quiet Campaigner	p. 72
Warrior for Peace	p. 74
From World War to Lost Peace	p. 77
Bibliographic Essay	p. 93
An Era of Trial and Triumph, 1920-1945
Prologue	p. 101
Time Line	p. 105
The 1920s: Decade of Fear, Decade of Excess	p. 107
Republicanism from Prosperity to the Great Depression	p. 126
Napoleon Abdicates	p. 144
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal	p. 151
"God, Harlem, U.S.A."	p. 166
Culture: Revolt and Retreat	p. 177
Interwar Diplomacy	p. 198
World War II: Home Front and Battlefront, 1941-1945	p. 216
A Fateful Flight	p. 240
Bibliographic Essay	p. 247
Epilogue	p. 255
Index	p. 259
About the Author	p. 269
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A Time of Paradox America from Awakening to Hiroshima, 1890–1945

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