Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-513) and index.
Contents:
An era of awakening, 1900-1919 -- TR, Taft, and the progressive impulse -- America looks outward, 1900-1912 -- Nations within: the experiences of immigrants, minorities, and workers -- A culture awakening, 1900-1919; Jim Thorpe: Victory and Defeat -- Wilson, reform, and the coming of war; Edward M. House: The Quiet Campaigner, Jeannette Rankin: Warrior for Peace -- From world war to lost peace -- An era of trial and triumph, 1920-1945 -- The 1920s: decade of fear, decade of excess -- Republicanism from prosperity to the Great Depression; Samuel Insull: Napoleon Abdicates -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the new deal; Father Divine: "God, Harlem, U.S.A.' -- Culture: revolt and retreat -- Interwar diplomacy -- World War II: home front and battlefront, 1941-1945; Paul Tibbets: A Fateful Flight -- An era of uncertainty, 1945-1968 -- The fair deal and the Cold War, 1945-1952 ; Jackie Robinson: Champion -- Peace and peril, 1953-1960 -- The affluent society -- Cultural dissent ; Charles Van Doren: The Man for the Role, Janis Joplin: A Turbulent Life for Tubulent Times -- New frontiers, new anxieties at home, 1961-1968 -- Foreign anxieties, 1961-1968 -- An era of diversity, since 1969 - -The Nixon years, 1969-1974 -- Healing and Malaise: the Ford and Carter administrations; Barbara Jordan: A Voice That Commands Respect -- The Reagan rebellion -- A culture of diversity; Madonna: Material Girl in a Material Age -- "Can we all get along?": the soul of the nation; Cesar Chavez: Organizing the Poor -- From George Bush to George W. Bush
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