{"product_id":"the-birth-of-modern-america-1914-1945-9781119081531","title":"The Birth of Modern America 1914  1945","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a look at the origins of the culture wars of modern America and the political and economic transformation of the U.S. republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Modern America, 1914-1945\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: The Second Ku Klux Klan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: The Declension of Evangelical Protestantism: The Scopes Trial, Fundamentalism, and Pentecostalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: What Sadie Knew: The Immigrant Working Girl and the Rise of a Demotic Culture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The “Seven Lively Arts” Revisited: The Demotic Impulse in Popular Culture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Passing From Light Into Dark\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Revues and Other Vanities: The Commodification of Fantasy in the 1920s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: The Great Depression and the New Deal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: WWII\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371825176919,"sku":"9781119081531","price":29.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119081531.jpg?v=1730154707","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-birth-of-modern-america-1914-1945-9781119081531","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}