The American Past: Conflicting Interpretations of the Great Issues Vol. 2

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Book by Sidney Fine, Gerald S. Brown; Macmillan, 1961. 554 pgs.

Title Page

Preface

Table of Contents

I: Radical Reconstruction in the South: Blackout of Honest Government or Battle for Democracy?

Introduction

Blackout of Honest Government

Dawn Without Noon

II: The American Businessman as Robber Baron: Fact or Legend?

Introduction

Entrepreneurial Leadership Among the "Robber Barons": A Trial Balance

III: Immigration and Racism: Was Race A Valid Basis for Immigration Policy?

Introduction

A New Menace

IV: The Turner Thesis: "Is It . . . A Valid Key to the Meaning of American History?"

Introduction

Current Ideas of the Significance of the United States Frontier

V: The Heritage of Populism: Seedbed of Progressivism or of Fascism?

Introduction

The Persistence of Populism

Populist Influences on American Fascism

VI: Politics and Administration in the Gilded Age: Cynicism or Modest Improvement?

Introduction

The Spoilsmen:: An Age of Cynicism

VII: The Spanish-American War: Aspect of the "Large Policy" or Victory for the Cuban Junta?

Introduction

The "Large Policy" of 1898

VIII: Theodore Roosevelt as Legislative Leader. Success or Failure?

Introduction

The Politics of Reform

IX: Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism: Did the South Help Make Wilson an Advanced Progressive?

Introduction

The South and the "New Freedom":: An Interpretation

X: The United States and World War I, 1914-1917: Did the Wilson Administration Pursue A Policy of Neutrality?

Introduction

The United States and the First World War

Wilson and American Neutrality, 1914-1917

XI: The Defeat of the Versailles Treaty: Who Was Responsible, Wilson or Lodge?

Introduction

Senatorial Strategy, 1919-20 . . .

XII: The Literature of the 1920's: A Trivial Literature or A Literature of "Useful Innocence"?

Introduction

Waste Land

XIII: The New Deal and the American Reform Tradition: How New Was the New Deal?

Introduction

The New Deal and Its Antecedents

XIV: The United States Enters World War Ii: Did the U.S. Maneuver Japan into the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

Introduction

The United States Moves to War Against Japan

XV: The Yalta Agreements: Surrender to Russia or Wartime Realism?

Introduction

Appeasement at Yalta

XVI: Senator Mccarthy: Sincere Foe of Communism or Demagogue?

Introduction

Senator Mccarthy: A Martyr for Civil Liberties

XVII: The Presidency of Eisenhower: Years of Leadership or of Postponement?

Introduction

Measure of the Man

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