TY - BOOK AU - Evans,Harold AU - Buckland,Gail AU - Baker,Kevin TI - The American century SN - 0679410708 AV - E 741 .E93 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Knopf KW - Political science KW - fast KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Politics and government KW - USA KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-689) and index; Introduction: why it can be called the American century -- The last frontier: 1889-1893 -- Showdown for democracy: 1890-1898 -- The lure of empire: 1898-1905 -- Old and new Americans: 1880-1910 -- Workers take a stand: 1893-1916 -- Good times, bad times: 1914-1920 -- The turmoil of normalcy: 1920-1929 -- The dream turns to dust: 1929-1939 -- The road to World War II: 1936-1941 -- The citadel of democracy: 1941-1945 -- America leads: 1945-1956 -- The dawn of a new freedom: 1954-1965 --The war of lost illusions: 1963-1975 -- The imperial presidency: 1972-1980 -- Put out more flags: 1981-1989 -- Afterword: let freedom ring N2 - Photographs, illustrations and text recount the history and people of the United States during the twentieth century UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/96007449.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/96007449.html ER -