Description
Book SynopsisProvides a look at the origins of the culture wars of modern America and the political and economic transformation of the U.S. republic
This book tells, in clear and lively prose, how Americans struggled with modernity in both its cultural and economic forms between the start of World War I and the end of World War II, focusing on the 1920s through 1930s. This edition includes revisions that expand the scope and features increased coverage of topics that will be of great interest to new readers as well as those familiar with the subject.
The Birth of Modern America, 1914-1945, Second Edition begins with a discussion of the promises and perils of the progressive era. The book goes on to look at the Great War and life on the home front and explores many paradoxes that marked the birth of Modern America. Topics covered include: the pervasive racism and nativism during and after WWI; the disillusionment with Woodrow Wilson''s rhetorical idealism; the emergenc
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Acknowledgement
Chapter One: The Second Ku Klux Klan
Chapter Two: The Declension of Evangelical Protestantism: The Scopes Trial, Fundamentalism, and Pentecostalism
Chapter Three: What Sadie Knew: The Immigrant Working Girl and the Rise of a Demotic Culture
Chapter Four: The “Seven Lively Arts” Revisited: The Demotic Impulse in Popular Culture
Chapter Five: Passing From Light Into Dark
Chapter Six: Revues and Other Vanities: The Commodification of Fantasy in the 1920s
Chapter Seven: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Chapter Eight: WWII
Epilogue
