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A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

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 scholarship * Features 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 1920s, as well as coverage of the three presidential elections and a thorough treatment of the causes and consequences of the Great Depression * An introduction by the editor provides an overview of the issues, background and historical problems of the time, and the personalities at play

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Autor

Katherine A.S. Sibley is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University, USA. She is the author of four books, most recently First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy (2009) and Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War (2004). Professor Sibley is also editing a forthcoming Companion on first ladies, and serves on the editorial board of American Communist History as well as on the Historical Advisory Committee for the US State Department.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118834473
• Artikelnr.: 41221167