On the Edge : The United States in the Twentieth Century

Prologue 1(10) Corporate Revolution 1(2) Immigrants, Workers, and Labor Protest 3(3) Sharecroppers, Farmers, and Populists 6(1) The New Politics of the 1890's 7(2) Recommended Readings 9(2) Chapter 1 Life at the Start of the Twentieth Century 11(39) The Consolidation of Corporate Culture 11(5) Life in the City 16(1) Immigrants and Nativists 17(6) Maintaining the Racial Divide 23(6) The Plight of Working People 29(3) A Rising Labor Movement 32(2) Socialists, Anarchists, and Cultural Radicals 34(1) New Families and Popular Culture 35(2) Pragmatist Philosophers and Realist Artists 37(1) Social Justice 38(7) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 45(1) Recommended Readings 45(5) Chapter 2 The Politics of Progressive Reform, 1896-1912 50(29) The Election of 1896 50(2) Commercial Expansion and the Road to Empire 52(1) The Spanish-American War and the Open Door Policy 53(4) Urban Progressives and Reformers 57(3) Roosevelt and Corporate Progressivism 60(6) The Square Deal 66(2) Roosevelt and World Power 68(2) Taft and the Progressives 70(2) The Election of 1912 72(3) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 75(1) Recommended Readings 76(3) Chapter 3 Wilsonian Reform and Global Order, 1912-1920 79(34) Wilson as Corporate Progressive 79(3) Wilson and the Liberal State 82(4) Intervention in Latin America 86(1) Neutrality and the European Crisis 87(3) The Coming of War 90(2) The Doughboys and Military Victory 92(4) Organizing for Victory 96(2) Gender and Race in Wartime 98(2) The War Against Dissent 100(3) The League of Nations and a New World Order 103(4) Red Scare 107(2) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 109(1) Recommended Readings 110(3) Chapter 4 The Politics and Culture of the Jazz Age, 1920-1928 113(38) The New Era and the Corporate Economy 113(2) Automobiles, Cities, and Suburbs 115(1) Harding, Hoover, and Hughes 116(3) Troubled Labor and Social Reformers 119(2) Insurgent Farmers, Small Business, and Teapot Dome 121(1) The Election of 1924 122(4) Coolidge Economics and Banker Diplomacy 126(1) Ethnic Diversity 127(2) Black Metropolis and the Harlem Renaissance 129(2) The Jazz Age, Hollywood Flappers, and Sports Heroes 131(4) Youth Culture and the Lost Generation 135(4) Social Feminism and the Purity Crusade 139(1) Prohibition and the Fundamentalists 140(1) Nativists and the Ku Klux Klan 141(4) The Election of 1928 145(2) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 147(1) Recommended Readings 147(4) Chapter 5 The Great Depression and New Deal Reform, 1929-1936 151(30) Hoover's New Day 151(1) The Crash of '29 152(1) The Great Depression 153(2) The Burdens of Economic Hardship 155(1) Depression Protest 156(2) Hoover's Search for Recovery 158(4) The Election of 1932 162(3) The New Deal 165(3) Relief, Recovery, and Regulation 168(1) The Labor Question 169(2) Grassroots Radicals 171(3) The Welfare State 174(2) The Election of 1936 176(1) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 177(1) Recommended Readings 177(4) Chapter 6 Democratic Capitalism and the Liberal State, 1937-1941 181(33) The Second Term 181(3) Managing the Liberal State 184(2) Democratic Pluralism 186(4) A Culture of Adversity and Hope 190(4) Embattled Minorities 194(2) The Radical Cultural Front 196(2) The Anti-New Deal Coalition 198(2) The Perils of the Open Door 200(1) The Search for Neutrality 201(3) The Debate Over Intervention 204(4) To the Brink of War 208(3) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 211(1) Recommended Readings 211(3) Chapter 7 World War II: War Against Fascism and the Search for Global Order 214(31) The Pacific Strategy 215(2) The War in Europe 217(6) Wartime Mobilization 223(3) Mobilizing People 226(4) The Home Front 230(3) Politics in Wartime 233(1) Battles on the Home Front 234(5) Truman and Truce 239(2) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 241(1) Recommended Readings 241(4) Chapter 8 The Search for Security, 1945-1949 245(45) Rebuilding Civilian Society 246(2) Labor Unions and Economic Stability 248(3) Farms and Food 251(2) The Technological Frontier 253(2) Peace and Plenty 255(1) The Birth of the Suburban Boom 256(4) New Issues of Gender and Sexuality 260(2) Postwar Globalism 262(3) The Cold War Begins 265(4) The Truman Doctrine 269(3) The Red Scare 272(4) The Military Crisis 276(3) The Election of 1948 279(2) The Fair Deal 281(1) Limited Bipartisanship 282(4) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 286(1) Recommended Readings 286(4) Chapter 9 Republican Leadership and the Anticommunist Crusade, 1950-1954 290(33) The Red Scare 292(1) The War in Korea 293(5) The Election of 1952 298(5) The General Takes Command 303(4) Secret Foreign Policy 307(1) Building a Corporate Commonwealth 308(3) The Anticommunist Crusade 311(7) A Shaky Consensus 318(1) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 319(1) Recommended Readings 319(4) Chapter 10 Eisenhower's Troubled Consensus, 1954-1960 323(37) Crisis Relations in Asia 324(4) A Vigilant Thaw 328(2) Crises in the Middle East 330(3) The Politics of Moderation 333(3) The Culture of Consumption 336(3) Mass Culture and the Youth Cult 339(3) Race, Poverty, and the Urban Crisis 342(5) The Birth of a New Civil Rights Movement 347(5) Criticizing Mass Culture 352(1) The End of an Era 353(4) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 357(1) Recommended Readings 357(3) Chapter 11 The Age of Liberal Activism, 1960-1965 360(39) The Election of 1960 361(2) Launching the New Frontier 363(2) The Politics of Economic Growth 365(3) The Civil Rights Crisis 368(4) The Cold War on New Frontiers 372(3) The Cuban Missile Crisis 375(2) Toward Detente 377(1) Commitments in Vietnam 378(1) Assassination and the Youth Movement 379(5) Building the Great Society 384(2) Expanding Civil Rights 386(1) The Election of 1964 387(4) The Triumph of Liberalism 391(1) Guns and Butter 391(4) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 395(1) Recommended Readings 395(4) Chapter 12 Polarized America: Racial Turmoil and Vietnam, 1965-1968 399(25) The Voting Rights Crusade 399(2) Racial Turmoil and Identity Politics 401(4) Johnson's War 405(1) The Antiwar Movement 406(1) The Counterculture 407(3) The War at Home 410(2) The Chaos of 1968 412(5) The "New" Nixon 417(4) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 421(1) Recommended Readings 422(2) Chapter 13 The Embattled Presidency, 1968-1976 424(36) The Indochina Bind and the New Federalism at Home 424(4) Affirmative Action and the Burger Court 428(3) Radical Culture and Identity Politics 431(5) Antiwar Protest, Kent State, and Political Stalemate 436(4) Populist Conservatism and the War Against Dissent 440(2) Detente, Chile, and the Election of 1972 442(4) Ending the Vietnam War 446(1) Watergate 447(2) Nixon's Fall 449(5) The Ford Succession 454(2) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 456(1) Recommended Readings 456(4) Chapter 14 Struggling Giant: The Carter and Reagan Years, 1976-1988 460(47) Jimmy Carter: The Energy Crisis and Economic Stagnation 460(6) Superpower Limits and the Iran Hostage Crisis 466(4) The Christian Right and Social Conservatism 470(3) The 1980 Election and Reaganomics 473(2) Reagan Deregulation 475(2) Reelection and the Reagan Doctrine 477(2) The Middle East Quagmire 479(3) The Crusade in Central America 482(5) Cold War Catharsis 485(2) The New Economy 487(2) Young Urban Professionals and the New Age 489(4) Multicultural Populations 493(3) Culture War 496(3) The Reagan Legacy 499(1) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 500(1) Recommended Readings 501(6) Chapter 15 The Turn to Centrism: Bush, Clinton, and Bush, 1988-2003 507(38) George Bush and the End of the Cold War 507(5) The Gulf War and the New World Order 512(2) The Struggling Economy 514(2) Bill Clinton and the 1992 Election 516(4) Clinton's Post-Cold War Diplomacy 520(2) Clinton and the Domestic Agenda 522(3) Reinventing Reform 525(1) The Election of 1996 and the Centrist Agenda 526(3) A Divided Society 529(4) 2001 and Beyond 533(8) American Journey Online and InfoTrac College Edition 541(1) Recommended Readings 541(4) Index 545