Twentieth-Century America

"Reeves delivers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the 20th century without drowning his readers in nonrelevant detail. For the light reader to the historian - this book's a winner."--Tommy G. Thompson Governor, State of Wisconsin"Finally, a lively U.S. history text full of facts, not polemics. With Twentieth-Century America, Thomas Reeves has given students an engaging, balanced narrative of the dramatic events, and sometimes disturbing trends, that have shaped our lives in recent times."--Kenneth J. Heineman, Ohio University, Lancaster Campus"Reeves delivers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the 20th century without drowning his readers in nonrelevant detail. For the light reader to the historian - this book's a winner."--Tommy G. Thompson Governor, State of Wisconsin"Finally, a lively U.S. history text full of facts, not polemics. With Twentieth-Century America, Thomas Reeves has given students an engaging, balanced narrative of the dramatic events, and sometimes disturbing trends, that have shaped our lives in recent times."--Kenneth J. Heineman, Ohio University, Lancaster Campus

• PREFACE ; 1. By 1900 ; 2. Progressivism and the New Deal ; 3. The Trials and Triumphs of Progressivism ; 4. The First World War ; 5. The Twenties ; 6. The Depression Decade ; 7. The World at War Again ; 8. Postwar Challenges ; 9. The "Best Years" ; 10. Era of Upheaval ; 11. Nixon's America ; 12. Years of Disillusionment ; 13. Dynamic Conservatism ; 14. Into the Nineties ; 15. The Close of the Century