Details

Subject(s)

• United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• United States—Historiography [Browse]

Related name

• Whitfield, Stephen J., 1942- [Browse]

Series

Blackwell companions to American history. [More in this series]

Summary note

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

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [510]-555) and index.

Language note

English

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

ISBN

• 0-470-70100-5
• 0-470-99852-0
• 1-280-28433-1
• 1-78034-092-3
• 9786610284337
• 1-4051-6870-6
• 0-470-99853-9
• 1-4051-2884-4

OCLC

437065605

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