Research Catalog

Title

Since 1900, a history of the United States in our times [by] Oscar Theodore Barck, Jr. [and] Nelson Manfred Blake.

Author

Barck, Oscar Theodore, Jr., 1902-1993.

Publication

New York, Macmillan Co., 1947.

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Details

Additional Authors

Blake, Nelson Manfred, 1908-1996

Description

x, 863 pages illustrations, portraits, maps; 25 cm

Subject

• 1900-1999
• 1900-1950
• Geschichte 1900-1958
• 15.85 history of America
• United States > History > 20th century
• United States
• United States
• États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
• USA

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• "Suggestions for further reading": p. 825-847.

Contents

1. The good old days -- the united states in 1900 -- economic conditions -- religion and reform -- intellectual growth -- literature and the arts -- 2. The progressive movement -- antecedents -- municipal reformers -- progressivism in the states -- reform movement in national politics -- roosevelt challenges the trusts -- election of 1904 -- rooseveltian reforms -- 3. The battle of the progressives -- election of 1908 -- taft and reform -- republican insurgency -- rise and election of wilson -- 4. The american empire -- rise of imperialistic thought -- war with spain -- problems of the dependencies -- american interests in the far east -- relations with japan and china -- 5. Search for security and peace -- acquisition of the panama canal -- caribbean diplomacy -- arbitration treaties -- alaskan boundary settlement -- the united states and the european powers -- 6. The new freedom -- wilsonian reforms -- wilson and the dependencies -- the new diplomacy -- protecting the caribbean lifeline -- problem of mexico -- reform interrupted -- 7. Difficult neutrality -- decision for neutrality -- sabotage -- economic effects of the war -- anglo-american controversies -- the threat of war -- the sussex pledge -- 8. From peace to war -- the preparedness struggle -- wilson seeks concessions from the british -- campaign of 1916 -- the break with germany -- why america fought -- 9. War for democracy -- raising an army -- economic mobilization -- witch hunting -- advertising america -- the war fronts -- 10. The making of the peace -- evolution of war aims -- armistice negotiations -- wilson goes to europe -- planning the league -- completing the treaty -- 11. Wilson repudiated -- the senate and the treaty -- postwar reforms -- demobilization -- labor unrest -- red scare -- 12. The harding regime -- election of 1920 -- the tariff and the budget -- death of harding -- the harding scandals -- america for americans -- the veterans and the bonus -- 13. Keeping cool with coolidge -- the triumph of calvin coolidge -- government and business -- debt and tax reduction -- battle over muscle shoals -- the farm problem -- 14. Foreign affairs, 1921-1929 -- the world court -- the washington conference -- war debts -- the paris pact -- the united states and latin america -- colonial unrest -- 15. Reactionaries and rebels -- welfare capitalism -- suppressing radicalism -- the ku klux klan -- fundamentalists v. modernists -- youth and the family -- literature and the arts -- popular heroes -- 16. Prosperity -- economic trends, 1914-1929 -- the boom industries -- the sick and subsidized industries -- business becomes bigger -- foreign trade and investments -- the balance sheet of the twenties -- 17. Hoover and the depression -- election of 1928 -- the great bull market -- the depression and its causes -- the federal farm board -- the hawley-smoot tariff -- fighting the depression -- 18. Hoover's quest for world stability -- the london naval conference -- the moratorium -- the new pan-americanism -- movement toward philippine independence -- far-eastern troubles -- 19. The new deal begins -- election of 1932 -- the lame ducks -- the hundred days -- the progress of recovery -- second new deal -- spending and the budget -- 20. Business and the new deal -- monetary policy -- nra: experiment in industrial self-government -- new deal tax policies -- regulation and reform -- the tennessee valley authority -- public housing -- 21. Agriculture and labor, 1933-1939 -- Agricultural adjustment administration -- farm security administration -- the nlrb -- social security -- birth of the cio -- wage and hour legislation -- 22. The new deal militant -- election of 1936 -- the supreme court and the new deal -- executive reorganization -- the recession -- attempted purge -- the hatch acts -- recess on reform -- 23. Foreign policy, 1933-1937 -- london economic conference -- the european nations default -- hull reciprocal trade program -- recognition of soviet union -- the good neighbor -- failure of disarmament -- neutrality legislation -- the panay incident -- 24. Aid to the democracies -- appeasement at munich -- impact of the european war on the united states -- the fall of france -- destroyer-base deal -- the campaign of 1940 -- burke-wadsworth act -- lend-lease -- 25. Prelude to pearl harbor -- improving hemisphere defense -- the atlantic charter -- the shooting war -- mounting japanese aggression -- failure of the peace talks -- pearl harbor -- 26. Preparing for total war -- raising an army -- mobilizing the home front -- war finance -- censorship and information -- problems of the home front -- 27. The global war -- the rival forces -- invasion and conquest of north africa -- sicily and italy -- the battle in the pacific -- d-day -- piercing the siegfried line -- the surrender of germany -- victory over japan -- 28. Tribulations of truman -- election of 1944 -- death of roosevelt -- demobilization -- reconversion and price control -- labor problems -- republican victory in 1946 -- truman and congress -- 29. Problems of peace and world organization -- better hemisphere accord -- broadening allied accord -- the united nations -- occupation problems: germany and japan -- relations with russia -- truman doctrine -- the marshall plan -- 30. Social trends during peace and war -- rise of the negro -- cross-currents in the south -- women and the family -- revival of religion -- the challenge of science -- education, literature, and the arts -- facing the future

LCCN

48000206

OCLC

• ocm00855905
• 855905
• SCSB-353806

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library