The American century / by Harold Evans with Gail Buckland and Kevin Baker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Knopf, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiii, 710 pages : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679410708
  • 9780679410706
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: American century.; Online version:: American century.LOC classification:
  • E 741 .E93 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Photographs, illustrations and text recount the history and people of the United States during the twentieth century.
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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.

Photographs, illustrations and text recount the history and people of the United States during the twentieth century.

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