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Pivotal Decades: The United States, 1900-1920
By John Milton Cooper Jr.
432 pages
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- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Publication year:
- 1990
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Synopsis
Contemporary America 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.
Contemporary America 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.
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Table of contents
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- Pivotal Decades *
- Pivotal Decades - The United States 1900 1920 *
- Contents *
- List of Maps *
- Introduction *
- Acknowledgments xviii
- Pivotal Decades *
- 1 - The United States in 1900 *
- 2 - That Damned Cowboy *
- 3 - Excitement and Irritation *
- 4 - Power and Responsibility in the Age of Roosevelt *
- 5 - Social Turmoil and Political Ferment in the Taft Years *
- 6 - The Emergence of Wilson *
- 7 - The New Freedom *
- 8 - Armageddon Abroad *
- 9 - He Kept Us out of War *
- Pivotal Decades *
- Pivotal Decades - The United States 1900 1920 *
- Contents *
- List of Maps *
- Introduction *
- Acknowledgments xviii
- Pivotal Decades *
- 1 - The United States in 1900 *
- 2 - That Damned Cowboy *
- 3 - Excitement and Irritation *
- 4 - Power and Responsibility in the Age of Roosevelt *
- 5 - Social Turmoil and Political Ferment in the Taft Years *
- 6 - The Emergence of Wilson *
- 7 - The New Freedom *
- 8 - Armageddon Abroad *
- 9 - He Kept Us out of War *
- 10 - Over There *
- 11 - 1919 *
- 12 - The Twenties Begin *
- Further Reading *
- Illustration Credits *
- Index *