Description
Book SynopsisBaker and McAdoo, in league with Wilson, offer Craig the opportunity to deliver a fresh and insightful study of the period, its major issues, and some of its leading figures.
Trade ReviewCraig has done a fine job adding to understanding of the politics of the first third of the twentieth century. -- Mark E. Benbow Journal of American History
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Spring: 1863– 1912
1. New South Rising, 1863– 1901
2. Gotham's Class A Genius and Cleveland's Little David, 1902–1911
3. Changing Roles
4. Newton Baker, William McAdoo, and Progressivism
Summer: 1913– 1920
5. In Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet, 1913– 1921
6. Secretaries at Peace
7. Wartime Service, 1917
8. Wartime Service, 1918
9. The Heir Apparent, the Crown Prince, and Woodrow Wilson, 1918– 1924
Autumn: 1921– 1932
10. Lawyers and Businessmen
11. Lost Causes, 1921– 1929
12. The Great Depression
13. Husbands and Fathers
Winter: 1933– 1941
14. The New Deal
15. "I have no quarrel with fate, no matter in whatmoods I have found her"
Abbreviations
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
