1st Edition

The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States

Edited By Jerald Podair, Darren Dochuk Copyright 2017
434 Pages
by Routledge

434 Pages
by Routledge

420 Pages
by Routledge

The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history. Driven by interdisciplinary scholarship, the thirty-four original chapters underscore the vast range of identities, perspectives and tensions that contributed to the growth and contested meanings of the... Read more

1 The Progressive Era—a Historiographical Survey

Elaine Frantz

2 The 1920s—a Historiographical Survey

Jennifer Fronc

3 The Great Depression and New Deal—a Historiographical Survey

Mason B. Williams

4 World War II—a Historiographical Survey

John McCallum

5 The Cold War Era—a Historiographical Survey

Gene Zubovich

6 The 1960s—a Historiographical Survey

Doug Rossinow

7 The 1970s—a Historiographical Survey

Kirsten Swinth

8 The 1980s—a Historiographical Survey Vincent J. Cannato

9 The 1990s—a Historiographical Survey

Mark Thomas Edwards

10 Economics and Capitalism—a Historiographical Survey

Sean Vanatta

11 Intellectual—a Historiographical Survey

Daniel Wickberg

12 Politics of Liberalism and Conservatism—a Historiographical Survey

Jennifer Delton

13 Social and Cultural—a Historiographical Survey

Stephen R. Duncan

14 Labor and Working Class—a Historiographical Survey

Jon Shelton

15 Foreign Relations and U.S. in the World—a Historiographical Survey

Kelly J. Shannon

16 Legal and Constitutional—a Historiographical Survey

Mary Ziegler

17 Environmental—a Historiographical Survey

Bartow J. Elmore

18 Women’s and Gender—a Historiographical Survey

Abigail Trollinger

19 LGBT—a Historiographical Survey

Cookie Woolner

20 African American and Civil Rights—a Historiographical Survey

Clarence Taylor

21 Latino/a History—a Historiographical Survey

Felipe Hinojosa

22 Native America—a Historiographical Survey

Sherry L. Smith

23 Asian American History—a Historiographical Survey

Cindy I-Fen Cheng

24 Immigration and Ethnicity—a Historiographical Survey

Stephanie Hinnershitz

25 Metropolitan—a Historiographical Survey

Andrew R. Highsmith

26 American West—a Historiographical Survey

John William Nelson

27 Border/Lands—a Historiographical Survey

Sheila McManus

28 Agricultural and Rural—a Historiographical Survey

Pamela Riney-Kehrberg

29 Consumerism and Popular Culture—a Historiographical Survey

Emily A. Remus

30 Science, Medicine and Technology—a Historiographical Survey

Myrna Perez Sheldon

31 Sport and Leisure—a Historiographical Survey

Travis Vogan

32 Disability—a Historiographical Survey

Daniel Wilson

33 Religious—a Historiographical Survey

Sarah Ruble

34 Food and Health—a Historiographical Survey

Benjamin E. Zeller

Biography

Jerald Podair is Professor of History and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University.

Darren Dochuk is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.