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A companion to 20th-century America / edited by Stephen J. Whitfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to American history.
- Blackwell companions to American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (584 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Companion to twentieth-century America
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has dra
- Contents:
- A COMPANION TO 20th-CENTURY AMERICA; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; PART I: TIME-FRAMES; 1 1900-1914; 2 1914-1929; 3 1929-1941; 4 1941-1950; 5 1950-1960; 6 1960-1974; 7 1974-1988; 8 1988-2000; PART II: PLACES; 9 The South; 10 The West; 11 The Environment; 12 The City; PART III: PEOPLE; 13 Immigration; 14 Ethnicity; 15 Labor; 16 Race; 17 Women; PART IV: THE POLITY AND THE ECONOMY; 18 The Military; 19 Foreign Policy; 20 Consumption; 21 Law; 22 Business; PART V: IMAGES AND ''ISMS''; 23 Journalism and Broadcasting; 24 Religion; 25 Ideas; 26 Science and Technology
- 27 Conservatism28 Liberalism; 29 The Visual Arts; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [510]-555) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610284337
- 9780470701003
- 0470701005
- 9780470998526
- 0470998520
- 9781280284335
- 1280284331
- 9781780340920
- 1780340923
- 9781405168700
- 1405168706
- 9780470998533
- 0470998539
- 9781405128841
- 1405128844
- OCLC:
- 184983722
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