文档介绍：TWENTIETH-CENTURYAMERICAA Brief HistoryThomas C. ReevesNew York?OxfordOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS2000Oxford University PressOxford New YorkAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires CalcuttaCape Town ChennaiDar es SalaamDelhi Florence Hong Kong IstanbulKarachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City MumbaiNairobi Paris S?o Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsawand panies inBerlin IbadanCopyright ? 2000 by Oxford University Press, by Oxford University Press, Inc.,198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University PressAll rights reserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmittedin any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the priorpermission of Oxford University of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataReeves, Thomas C., 1936–Twentieth-century America : a brief history / Thomas C. . bibliographical references and 0-19-504484-3 (pbk.). — ISBN 0-19-504483-5 (cloth).1. United States—History—20th century. I. 200098-—dc21CIP135798642Printed in the United States of Americaon acid-free ONTENTSONTENTSPrefacev11By 1900 122Progressivism and the Square Deal 2133The Trials and Triumphs of Progressivism 4144The First World War 6155The Twenties 8166The Depression Decade 10177The World at War Again 11988Postwar Challenges 13999The “Best Years” 1551010Era of Upheaval 1791111Nixon’s America 1991212Years of Disillusionment 2191313Dynamic Conservatism 2351414Into the ies 2571515The Close of the Century 277Index301iiiPPREFACEREFACEThis book is designed for those who want a inct, comprehensive, andreasonably objective examination of recent American history. It is aimedat general readers and college undergraduates who want a core textbookthat can be supplemented by primary sources and additional my more than thirty years of teaching Ameri