A companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover /
With the analysis of the best scholars on this era, 29 essays demonstrate how academics then and now have addressed the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, ethnic, and social history of the presidents of the Republican Era of 1921-1933 - Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. This is the first histor...
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
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Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK : |
Publication Dates: | 2014. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Wiley Blackwell companions to American history. Wiley Blackwell presidential companions
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118834510 |
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With the analysis of the best scholars on this era, 29 essays demonstrate how academics then and now have addressed the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, ethnic, and social history of the presidents of the Republican Era of 1921-1933 - Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. This is the first historiographical treatment of a long-neglected period, ranging from early treatments to the most recent scholarshipFeatures review essays on the era, including the legacy of progressivism in an age of "normalcy", the history of American foreign relations after World War I, and race relations in the 192 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781118834473 (ePub) 111883447X (ePub) 9781118834589 (Adobe PDF) 1118834585 (Adobe PDF) 9781118834510 1118834518 |
Index Number: | E784 |
CLC: | K712.52 |
Contents: | Part I. The background of Progressivism -- The Wilson legacy, domestic and international / Christopher McKnight Nichols -- Progressivism in an Age of Normalcy: women's rights, civil service, veterans' benefits, and child welfare / John Fox -- US-foreign relations under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover: power and constraint / Alex Goodall -- Part II. Warren G. Harding and the early 1920s -- Harding's biographies / Justin P. Coffey -- The front porch and the Harding election / Richard G. Frederick -- Harding presidency: scandals, legacy and memory / Phillip G. Payne -- The opposition: labor, liquo |