| Description |
xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Uncovering the past : documentary readers in American history ; 7
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Uncovering the past (Malden, Mass.) ; 7.
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| Summary |
"With the Great Depression, the growth of a consumerist mass culture, the reshaping of government under Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and intense debates over race and the role of women, the 22 years of peace that spanned America's involvement in two world conflicts was a period of exceptional social, political, economic, and cultural upheaval in the United States. This compact, yet authoritative, collection places over seventy of the most important documents from 1919-1941 in their historical context and offers insights into the American experience during the interwar era and the many developments that were crucial to the creation of present-day United States. Taking in such familiar names as Warren Harding, Charles Lindbergh, and Franklin Roosevelt as well as writings by the ordinary people who had little individual control over the sweeping changes and developments of a tumultuous age, this collection provides coverage of the themes, struggles, and events that characterized the 1920s and 1930s. With photographs and illustrations, end-of-chapter questions, and coverage of topics from new trends in literature to isolationism and the debate over American involvement in World War II, this book invites readers to engage actively in historical interpretation and to gain a thorough understanding of the interplay between social and political forces in the historical developments of the period"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations (starting p. ix) -- Series Editors' Preface (starting p. x) -- Source Acknowledgments (starting p. xii) -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- ch. 1 Challenges to Postwar Readjustment (starting p. 10) -- 1. W.E.B. DuBois, "Returning Soldiers," 1919 (starting p. 10) -- 2. Jack Gaveel, Workers Need to Radicalize, 1919 (starting p. 12) -- 3. A. Mitchell Palmer on Communism in America, 1920 (starting p. 15) -- 4. Warren Harding, "Readjustment," 1920 (starting p. 18) -- 5. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Immigration Hurts America, 1923 (starting p. 20) -- ch. 2 Social Battles of the 1920s (starting p. 24) -- 1. Grand Dragon Hiram Evans on the Klan and Americanism, 1926 (starting p. 24) -- 2. "The Menace of Fundamentalism," 1925 (starting p. 30) -- 3. Edwin E. Slosson, "The Futility of Anti-Prohibition," 1920 (starting p. 32) -- 4. "Why Boston Wishes to Hang Sacco and Vanzetti," 1927 (starting p. 34) -- ch. 3 New Negro (starting p. 38) -- 1. Floyd J. Calvin, Criticizing Southern Lynching, 1923 (starting p. 38) -- 2. Marcus Garvey Addresses UNIA Supporters in Philadelphia, 1919 (starting p. 41) -- 3. Alain Locke, "Harlem," 1925 (starting p. 43) -- 4. Pace Phonograph Corporation, Supporting Black Businesses, 1921 (starting p. 47) -- 5. Zora Neale Hurston, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," 1928 (starting p. 49) -- 6. Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life, 1934 and Into Bondage, 1936 (starting p. 52) -- ch. 4 New Trends in Literature (starting p. 55) -- 1. Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Spring," 1920 (starting p. 55) -- 2. Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, 1920 (starting p. 56) -- 3. Countee Cullen, "Heritage," 1925 (starting p. 61) -- 4. Nella Larsen, Quicksand, 1928 (starting p. 65) -- ch. 5 Women in the 1920s (starting p. 70) -- 1. Viola I. Paradise, Housekeeping and Childcare in Rural Montana, 1919 (starting p. 70) -- 2. Letters from Mothers to the Children's Bureau, 1920-7 (starting p. 74) -- 3. Crystal Eastman, Radical Feminism, 1920 (starting p. 76) -- 4. Margaret Sanger Defends Birth Control, 1923 (starting p. 79) -- 5. Advertisement for Lysol Disinfectant: Tradition Meets the New Woman, 1928 (starting p. 82) -- ch. 6 Mass Culture (starting p. 85) -- 1. Bruce Bliven, Radio's Promise and Pitfalls, 1924 (starting p. 85) -- 2. Cartoons Celebrating Charles Lindbergh's Transatlantic Flight, 1927 (starting p. 89) -- 3. Motion Pictures in Middletown, 1929 (starting p. 91) -- 4. John R. Tunis on College Football, 1928 (starting p. 94) -- 5. Paul Gallico Discusses the Relevance of Babe Ruth, 1932 (starting p. 97) -- ch. 7 Onset of the Great Depression (starting p. 102) -- 1. Paul Abbot on the National Economy, 1929 (starting p. 102) -- 2. New York Times, First Day of the Crash, 1929 (starting p. 107) -- 3. Herbert Hoover Speaks to the Press about the Economy, 1929 (starting p. 110) -- 4. Calvin Coolidge, A Bright Economic Future If We Stay the Course, 1932 (starting p. 111) -- ch. 8 To Fear or Not to Fear (starting p. 116) -- 1. Walter Lippmann, Candidate Franklin Roosevelt, 1932 (starting p. 116) -- 2. Herbert Hoover, The Proposed New Deal Will Ruin Us, 1932 (starting p. 119) -- 3. Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on Banking, 1933 (starting p. 122) -- 4. Cartoon Celebrating the National Recovery Administration, 1933 (starting p. 126) -- ch. 9 Voices from the Great Depression (starting p. 129) -- 1. Clarence Lee, Riding the Rails during the Great Depression, 1999 (starting p. 129) -- 2. Ann Marie Low, Farming in the Dust Bowl, 1930-2 (starting p. 132) -- 3. John L. Spivak, Migrant Farm Workers, 1934 (starting p. 136) -- 4. Howard Kester, The Southern Tenant Farmers Union's "Ceremony of the Land," 1937 (starting p. 141) -- ch. 10 New Deal: Critics and Limitations (starting p. 146) -- 1. James P. Cannon, In Support of Unionization, 1934 (starting p. 146) -- 2. Huey Long, "Every Man a King," 1934 (starting p. 148) -- 3. Raymond E. Click to Franklin Roosevelt, The New Deal Means Socialism, 1935 (starting p. 152) -- 4. Saturday Evening Post Attacks Intrusive Government, 1935 (starting p. 153) -- 5. Cartoons Denouncing the Court-Packing Plan, 1937 (starting p. 155) -- ch. 11 People of Color in the Age of Roosevelt (starting p. 159) -- 1. Herman J.D. Carter, An Injustice at Scottsboro, 1933 (starting p. 159) -- 2. James R. Reid, Joe Louis: African American Hero, 1938 (starting p. 161) -- 3. John Collier on A New Deal for Native Americans, 1938 (starting p. 163) -- 4. Eva Lowe (Chen Junqi) Describes Chinese American Life during the Depression, 1982 (starting p. 166) -- 5. Luisa Moreno, Latinos and American Identity, 1940 (starting p. 169) -- ch. 12 Women in the New Deal Era (starting p. 174) -- 1. Babe Didrikson: Viking Girl, 1932 (starting p. 174) -- 2. Meridel Le Sueur, "I Was Marching," 1934 (starting p. 178) -- 3. Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould, A Modern Marriage, 1937 (starting p. 182) -- 4. Eleanor Roosevelt, "My Day," 1937, 1939 (starting p. 183) -- 5. Letters from African American Women to the Federal Government, 1935-41 (starting p. 187) -- 6. Dorothea Lange, Photos of Women Surviving Hard Times, 1939 (starting p. 192) -- ch. 13 Raising the Walls in Turbulent Times (starting p. 197) -- 1. Henry Cabot Lodge Denounces the Proposed League of Nations, 1919 (starting p. 197) -- 2. Harry Elmer Barnes, World War I Was a Mistake, 1926 (starting p. 200) -- 3. Calvin Coolidge, Address to Congress Regarding the Invasion of Nicaragua, 1927 (starting p. 204) -- 4. Sinking of the Panay, 1937 (starting p. 206) -- ch. 14 Great Debate: America Encounters World War II (starting p. 211) -- 1. Franklin Roosevelt's Neutrality Message, 1939 (starting p. 211) -- 2. Charles Lindbergh, America is Drifting toward War, 1940 (starting p. 214) -- 3. Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat on "An Arsenal of Democracy," 1940 (starting p. 217) -- 4. A. Philip Randolph Calls for a March on Washington, 1941 (starting p. 222) -- 5. Franklin Roosevelt Declares an Unlimited National Emergency, 1941 (starting p. 225) -- ch. 15 Popular Culture and the Great Debate (starting p. 228) -- 1. Will Hays, The Motion Picture in a Changing World, 1940 (starting p. 228) -- 2. Henry R. Luce, America and the War, 1940 (starting p. 230) -- 3. Edward R. Murrow, This is London, 1940 (starting p. 234) -- 4. War and Consumerism: Advertisements from Time Magazine, 1941 (starting p. 238) -- 5. Harry Warner's Testimony to a Senate Subcommittee on War Propaganda in Film, 1941 (starting p. 243) -- Bibliography (starting p. 247) -- Index (starting p. 257). |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Sources.
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United States. |
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History. |
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1919-1933 |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources.
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| Chronological Term |
1933-1945 |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932 -- Sources.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1918-1932 |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Sources.
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| Chronological Term |
1918-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Welky, David.
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| ISBN |
9781444338966 (hardback) |
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144433896X (hardback) |
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9781444338973 (paperback) |
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1444338978 (paperback) |
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