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History in dispute. Vol. 3 : American social and political movements, 1900-1945, pursuit of progress / Robert J. Allison, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--Political aspects--United States.
- Social movements.
- History, Modern.
- United States--History--1901-1953.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- American social and political movements, 1900-1945, pursuit of progress
- Pursuit of progress
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit St. James Press
- Summary:
- This volume covers American social and political movements from 1900-1945, offering different critical perspectives on such major historical events as Prohibition, race relations, the labor movement, agriculture, anarchists, and technology, including new means of communication (the radio) and transportation (the airplane). It provides an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, stimulating critical thinking and providing ideas for discussion.
- Contents:
- Agricultural Advances
- Atomic Bomb
- Eugenics
- FDR's Supreme Court
- Fundamentalism
- Good Neighbor
- Great Depression : Causes
- Great Depression : Ending
- Great Migration
- Harlem Renaissance
- Huey Long
- Influenza Epidemic
- Japanese Internment
- Lindbergh Kidnapping
- Marcus Garvey
- Mexican Revolution
- Narcotics
- Native American New Deal
- New Deal
- New Deal and Farmers
- New Women
- The 1920s
- 1930's Civil Rights
- 1930s labor movement
- Progressive era women
- Progressive movement
- Racism in World War II
- Red Scare
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- Theodore Roosevelt
- United States and the Jews
- Urban Bosses
- Washington and Du Bois.
- ISBN:
- 9781558627079
- 1558627073
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