The Big Change: America Transforms Itself, 1900-50

ISBN-13: 9781560006398 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 324 str.

Frederick Lewis Allen; William L. O'Neill

Opis

Frederick Lewis Allen was one of the pioneers in social history. Best known as the author of Only Yesterday, Allen originated a model of what is sometimes called instant history, the reconstruction of past eras through vivid commentary on the news, fashions, customs, and artifacts that altered the pace and forms of American life. The Big Change was Allen's last and most ambitious book. In it he attempted to chart and explain the progressive evolution of American life over half a century. Written at a time of unprecedented optimism and prosperity, The Big Change defi nes a transformative moment in American history and provides an implicit and illuminating perspective on what has taken place in the second half of the twentieth century.

Spis treści

1: The Old Order; 1: A New Century Begins; 2: Grandeur, Limited; 3: The Other Side of the Tracks; 4: Capitalism Indeed; 5: Government on the Sidelines; 2: The Momentum of Change; 6: The Revolt of the American Conscience; 7: The Dynamic Logic of Mass Production; 8: The Automobile Revolution; 9: Indian Summer of the Old Order; 10: The Great Depression; 11: The Reluctant World Power; 12: Ole Ark A’Moverin’; 13: Faster, Faster; 14: More Americans, Living Longer; 3: The New America; 15: The All-American Standard; 16: Corporations, New Style; 17: The Spirit of the Times; 18: What Have We Got Here?; Appendix Sources and Obligations

O autorze

Frederick Lewis Allen