The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States

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The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history. Driven by interdisciplinary scholarship, the thirty-four original chapters underscore the vast range of identities, perspectives and tensions that contributed to the growth and contested meanings of the United States in the twentieth century. The chronological and topical breadth of the collection highlights critical political and economic developments of the century while also drawing attention to relatively recent areas of research, including borderlands, technology and disability studies. Dynamic and flexible in its possible applications, The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States offers an exciting new resource for the study of modern American history. Cover Title Copyright CONTENTS List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Progressive Era—a Historiographical Survey 2 The 1920s—a Historiographical Survey 3 The Great Depression and New Deal—a Historiographical Survey 4 World War II—a Historiographical Survey 5 The Cold War Era—a Historiographical Survey 6 The 1960s—a Historiographical Survey 7 The 1970s—a Historiographical Survey 8 The 1980s—a Historiographical Survey 9 The 1990s—a Historiographical Survey 10 Economics and Capitalism—a Historiographical Survey 11 Intellectual—a Historiographical Survey 12 Politics of Liberalism and Conservatism—a Historiographical Survey 13 Social and Cultural—a Historiographical Survey 14 Labor and Working Class—a Historiographical Survey 15 Foreign Relations and U.S. in the World—a Historiographical Survey 16 Legal and Constitutional—a Historiographical Survey 17 Environmental—a Historiographical Survey 18 Women’s and Gender—a Historiographical Survey 19 LGBT—a Historiographical Survey 20 African Americans and Civil Rights—a Historiographical Survey 21 Latino/a History—a Historiographical Survey 22 Native America—a Historiographical Survey 23 Asian American History—a Historiographical Survey 24 Immigration and Ethnicity—a Historiographical Survey 25 Metropolitan—a Historiographical Survey 26 American West—a Historiographical Survey 27 Border/Lands—a Historiographical Survey 28 Agricultural and Rural—a Historiographical Survey 29 Consumerism and Popular Culture—a Historiographical Survey 30 Science, Medicine and Technology—a Historiographical Survey 31 Sport and Leisure—a Historiographical Survey 32 Disability—a Historiographical Survey 33 Religious—a Historiographical Survey 34 Food and Health—a Historiographical Survey Index