A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography.
- Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship
- Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods
- Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close
Notes on the contributors viii
Introduction xiii
Stephen J. Whitfield
PART I: TIME-FRAMES
1 1900 - 1914 3
Eugene E. Leach
2 1914 - 1929 19
Glen Gendzel
3 1929 - 1941 36
Michael E. Parrish
4 1941 - 1950 54
Allan M. Winkler
5 1950 - 1960 71
Richard M. Fried
6 1960 - 1974 87
Jama Lazerow
7 1974 - 1988 102
Leo P. Ribuffo
8 1988 - 2000 123
Steven M. Gillon
PART II: PLACES
9 The South 141
Raymond Arsenault
10 The West 163
Anne M. Butler
11 The Environment 179
Paul S. Sutter
12 The City 198
Jon C. Teaford