America in 1900 / Noel Jacob Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Noel J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen hundred, A.D.

United States--History--1865-1921.

United States.

United States--Civilization--1865-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many of the key issues concerning the United States as we enter the 21st century were already taking shape as we entered the 20th century. Business mergers, U.S. military intervention (in the Philippines), trade disputes with China and Europe, racial violence, high levels of crime, rising income gaps between rich and poor, volatile stock market prices, homelessness in the cities, the dangers of immigration, and the domination of money in elections -- all these major national issues in 1900 are familiar in some form to Americans today. The nation grappled for the first time with a series of com

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I In the Year Double-Zero; Chapter 1 New Year's Day 1900; Chapter 2 The Invincible Economy; Chapter 3 American Dreaming: The Power, the Glory, and the Chaos; Part II Fin de Siècle Dilemmas; Chapter 4 Kings of America; Chapter 5 The Great Game; Chapter 6 Other Americans; Chapter 7 White Man's Country; Chapter 8 Black in White Man's Country; Chapter 9 "A New Power of the First Order"; Chapter 10 Of Trusts, Islands, Dinner Pails, and an Election

Epilogue Back to the Future: 1900 and 2000Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2000 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-317-47737-5

0-7656-0596-1

1-315-70661-X

1-317-47738-3

0-585-38264-6

9781315706610

OCLC:

958107047