文档介绍：TWENTIETH-CENTURY
A MERICA
A Brief History
Thomas C. Reeves
New York • Oxford
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
2000
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reeves, Thomas C., 1936–
Twentieth-century America : a brief history / Thomas C. Reeves.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-504484-3 (pbk.). — ISBN 0-19-504483-5 (cloth).
1. United States—History—20th century. I. Title.
2000 98-50366
—dc21 CIP
135798642
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
CCONTENTSONTENTS
Preface v
1 By 1900 1
2 Progressivism and the Square Deal 21
3 The Trials and Triumphs of Progressivism 41
4 The First World War 61
5 The Twenties 81
6 The Depression Decade 101
7 The World at War Again 119
8 Postwar Challenges 139
9 The “Best Years” 155
10 Era of Upheaval 179
11 Nixon’s America 199
12 Years of Disillusionment 219
13 Dynamic Conservatism 235
14 Into the ies 257
15 The Close of the Century 277
Index 301
iii
PPREFACEREFACE
his book is designed for those who want a inct, comprehensive, and
reasonably objective examination of recent American history. It is aimed
Tat general readers and college