| Description |
AMERICA IN MODERN TIMES (since 1890) brings together the strengths of a political historian (Brinkley) and a specialist in intellectual, social and women's history (Fitzpatrick). The book reflects these areas of expertise in its extensive attention to women's history, social developments, the history of ideas, as well as political history and foreign policy. |
| Key Features |
| Table of Contents |
Preface CHAPTER 1: A New Society CHAPTER 2: An Unstable Polity CHAPTER 3: The Crisis of the 1890s CHAPTER 4: Imperialism and Expansionism CHAPTER 5: Origins of Progressive Reform CHAPTER 6: Toward a Modern State CHAPTER 7: Defining a National Political Agenda CHAPTER 8: The United States in World War CHAPTER 9: The Political Economy of Prosperity CHAPTER 10: A Modern Drift in American Culture CHAPTER 11: Reaction and Reform in the New Era CHAPTER 12: The Great Depression CHAPTER 13: Expanding the Modern State CHAPTER 14: Challenging the New Deal CHAPTER 15: Global Warfare CHAPTER 16: A War to End All Wars CHAPTER 17: Working for Victory at Home CHAPTER 18: Waging Peace CHAPTER 19: The Challenge of Postwar Democracy CHAPTER 20: The Culture of Postwar Prosperit CHAPTER 21: The Fight for Racial Equalit CHAPTER 22: Republican Politic CHAPTER 23: The Resurgence of American Liberalis CHAPTER 24: Vietnam and the Crisis of Contemporary Foreign Polic CHAPTER 25: Challenges to American Liberalis CHAPTER 26: The Imperial Presidenc CHAPTER 27: The Revival of American Conservatis CHAPTER 28: Facing New Economic and Political Realitie |
| Supplements |
ISBN: 0070079846 Author(s): BRINKLEY |
