Frederick Lewis Allen

The Big Change (eBook, ePUB)

America Transforms Itself, 1900-1950

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The New York Times-bestselling history of the first half of the twentieth century-five decades that transformed America-from the author of Only Yesterday. During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, the United States saw two world wars, a devastating economic depression, and more social, political, and economic changes than in any other five-decade period before. Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor of Harper's magazine, recounts these years-spanning World War I, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War-in vivid detail, from the fashions and customs of the times to major events that changed the course of history. Politically, the United States grew into its own as a global superpower during these years, even as domestic developments altered the everyday lives of its citizens. The introduction of the automobile, mass production, and organized labor changed the way Americans lived and worked, while innovations like penicillin and government regulation of food safety contributed to an increase in average life expectancy from forty-nine years in 1900 to sixty-eight years in 1950. With the development of a strong, centralized government, a thriving middle class, and widespread economic prosperity, the nation emerged from the Second World War transformed in virtually every way. Richly informative and delightfully readable, The Big Change is an indispensable volume charting the many changes that ushered in our contemporary age.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504037501
• Artikelnr.: 45054751

Autorenporträt

Frederick Lewis Allen (1890-1954) was born in Boston, studied at Groton, and graduated from Harvard in 1912. He was assistant and associate editor of Harper's Magazine for eighteen years, then the magazine's sixth editor in chief for twelve years until his death. In addition to The Lords of Creation, Allen was well known for Only Yesterday, Since Yesterday, and The Big Change.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Old Order
1: A New Century Begins
2: Grandeur, Limited
3: The Other Side of the Tracks
4: Capitalism Indeed
5: Government on the Sidelines
2: The Momentum of Change
6: The Revolt of the American Conscience
7: The Dynamic Logic of Mass Production
8: The Automobile Revolution
9: Indian Summer of the Old Order
10: The Great Depression
11: The Reluctant World Power
12: Ole Ark A'Moverin'
13: Faster, Faster
14: More Americans, Living Longer
3: The New America
15: The All-American Standard
16: Corporations, New Style
17: The Spirit of the Times
18: What Have We Got Here?
Appendix Sources and Obligations