A Time of Paradox America Since 1890

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ISBN: 9780742533776 | 0742533778
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Copyright: 3/2/2006

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In this lively and provocative synthesis, historian Glen Jeansonne explores the people events that shaped America in the 20th 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.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

Prologue to A Time of Paradox: America since 1890

Prelude: The 1890's: Bridge to the Twentieth Century

xix

PART I An Era of Awakening, 1900-1919

Prologue

(4)

Time Line

(2)

Chapter 1 TR, Taft, and the Progressive Impulse

(16)

Chapter 2 America Looks Outward, 1900-1912

(9)

Chapter 3 Nations within: The Experiences of Immigrants, Minorities, and Workers

(13)

Chapter 4 A Culture Awakening, 1900-1919

(17)

Jim Thorpe: Victory and Defeat

(4)

Chapter 5 Wilson, Reform, and the Coming of War

(13)

Edward M. House: The Quiet Campaigner

(2)

Jeannette Rankin: Warrior for Peace

(3)

Chapter 6 From World War to Lost Peace

(16)

Bibliographic Essay

(8)

PART II An Era of Trial and Triumph, 1920-1945

Prologue

101

(4)

Time Line

105

(2)

Chapter 7 The 1920's: Decade of Fear, Decade of Excess

107

(19)

Chapter 8 Republicanism from Prosperity to the Great Depression

126

(25)

Samuel Insull: Napoleon Abdicates

144

(7)

Chapter 9 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal

151

(26)

Father Divine: "God, Harlem, U.S.A."

166

(11)

Chapter 10 Culture: Revolt and Retreat

177

(21)

Chapter 11 Interwar Diplomacy

198

(18)

Chapter 12 World War II: Home Front and Battlefront, 1941-1945

216

(31)

Paul Tibbets: A Fateful Flight

240

(7)

Bibliographic Essay

247

(10)

PART III An Era of Uncertainty, 1945-1968

Prologue

257

(2)

Time Line

259

(2)

Chapter 13 The Fair Deal and the Cold War, 1945-1952

261

(18)

Jackie Robinson: Champion

266

(13)

Chapter 14 Peace and Peril, 1953-1960

279

(21)

Chapter 15 The Affluent Society

300

(17)

Chapter 16 Cultural Dissent

317

(19)

Charles Van Doren: The Man for the Role

320

(4)

Janis Joplin: A Turbulent Life for Tubulent Times

324

(12)

Chapter 17 New Frontiers, New Anxieties at Home, 1961-1968

336

(20)

Chapter 18 Foreign Anxieties, 1961-1968

356

(15)

Bibliographic Essay

371

(10)

PART IV An Era of Diversity, since 1969

Prologue

381

(6)

Time Line

387

(2)

Chapter 19 The Nixon Years, 1969-1974

389

(17)

Chapter 20 Healing and Malaise: The Ford and Carter Administrations

406

(18)

Barbara Jordan: A Voice That Commands Respect

414

(10)

Chapter 21 The Reagan Rebellion

424

(18)

Chapter 22 A Culture of Diversity

442

(18)

Madonna: Material Girl in a Material Age

446

(14)

Chapter 23 "Can We All Get Along?": The Soul of the Nation

460

(17)

Cesar Chavez: Organizing the Poor

464

(13)

Chapter 24 From George Bush to George W. Bush

477

(20)

Postlude: The Presidency of George W. Bush

497

(10)

Bibliographic Essay

507

(8)

Epilogue: A Time of Paradox

515

(6)

Index

521

(18)

About the Author

539

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