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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 drawn to a close
"This superb book is a treasure and a delight. Penetrating interpretive essays by almost thirty distinguished historians offer thoughtful perspectives on a turbulent century that brought sweeping changes to the United States even as the nation surged to global dominance.
A Companion to 20th–century America is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped contemporary America."
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin–Madison
"This is an important contribution to our understanding of modern American history, with illuminating contributions by many first–rate American historians." Richard Pells, University of Texas–Austin
"An indispensable book for anyone who wants to learn what America s best historians have written about the American century and its critics. The breadth of topics is dazzling, and fresh insights appear on nearly every page." Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
Notes on the contributors viii
Introduction xiii Stephen J. Whitfield
PART I: TIME–FRAMES
1 1900 – 1914 3 Eugene E. Leach
2 1914 – 1929 19 Glen Gendzel
3 1929 – 1941 36 Michael E. Parrish
4 1941 – 1950 54 Allan M. Winkler
5 1950 – 1960 71 Richard M. Fried
6 1960 – 1974 87 Jama Lazerow
7 1974 – 1988 102 Leo P. Ribuffo
8 1988 – 2000 123 Steven M. Gillon
PART II: PLACES
9 The South 141 Raymond Arsenault
10 The West 163 Anne M. Butler
11 The Environment 179 Paul S. Sutter
12 The City 198 Jon C. Teaford
PART III: PEOPLE
13 Immigration 215 Roger Daniels
14 Ethnicity 233 Hasia R. Diner
15 Labor 249 Joseph A. McCartin
16 Race 266 Reed Ueda
17 Women 283 June Sochen
PART IV: THE POLITY AND THE ECONOMY
18 The Military 301 Jerry Cooper
19 Foreign Policy 317 Justus D. Doenecke
20 Consumption 336 Charles McGovern
21 Law 358 Norman L. Rosenberg
22 Business 377 David B. Sicilia
PART V: IMAGES AND "ISMS"
23 Journalism and Broadcasting 397 James L. Baughman
24 Religion 413 Charles H. Lippy
25 Ideas 430 Wilfred M. McClay
26 Science and Technology 449 Carroll Pursell
27 Conservatism 462 Edward S. Shapiro
28 Liberalism 478 Hans Vorlander
29 The Visual Arts 493 Douglas Tallack
Bibliography 510
Index 557
Stephen J. Whitfield is Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University where he holds the Max Richter Chair in American Civilization. Among other works, he is the author of
Into the Dark: Hannah Arendt and Totalitarianism (1980),
A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till (1988), and The
Culture of the Cold War (1991, 1996). He has published widely in modern political and intellectual history, and particularly in American Jewish history.
A Companion to 20th–Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth–century American history and historiography. Written by an expert in the field, each essay assesses the past and current state of American scholarship, covering topics such as foreign policy, religion, labor, ethnicity, law, the military, and the media. Additional essays cover major time periods: from the beginning of the century through the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, up to the closing of the century. An editorial introduction and further reading lists for each chapter round out this clearly written, exciting overview of twentieth–century American history. Students, scholars, and general readers should find this an indispensable work of reference and source of information.