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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a solid collection of biographies, and Browne and Cottrell have done an excellent job selecting their subjects. Lives and Times examines the issues and challenges of the past through the individuals who experienced it. A great addition for teaching and understanding history. -- Steven Short, Collin County Community College
Each chapter of Lives and Times is well constructed, engagingly written, and enlightening. Examining the various actions, commitments, and values of these fascinating historical actors brings history alive, provides insight into the various tensions that have influenced the development of modern American society, and will compel students to develop the critical thinking skills that are necessary to succeed in today's global society. -- Worth Robert Miller, Missouri State University
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: A New Birth of Freedom Deferred: Benjamin R. Tillman, Ida B. Wells Chapter 2: Final Frontiers, Vanishing Americans: Geronimo, Helen Hunt Jackson Chapter 3: Wealth and Social Justice in the Industrial Age: Andrew Carnegie, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones Chapter 4: Progressive America in the World: Woodrow Wilson, Randolph Bourne Chapter 5: Popular Culture in the New Era: Babe Ruth, Louis Armstrong Chapter 6: Defending Democracy in Hard Times: Floyd Olson, Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter 7: Questions of Loyalty in Peace and War: Charles Lindbergh, J. Robert Oppenheimer Chapter 8: Defining Dissent in Cold War America: Paul Robeson, Pat McCarran Chapter 9: New Frontiers in Activism: Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan Chapter 10: Racial Justice: Thought and Action: James Baldwin, Stokely Carmichael Chapter 11: The Agony of Vietnam: Robert McNamara, David Halberstam Chapter 12: The New Right: Root and Branch: William F. Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan Chapter 13: Uncertain Times: America Enters the 21st Century: George W. Bush, Barack Obama
