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Autore |
Kent Noel J. |
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America in 1900 / / Noel Jacob Kent |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-7656-0596-1 |
1-315-70661-X |
1-317-47738-3 |
0-585-38264-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nineteen hundred, A.D |
Electronic books. |
United States History 1865-1921 |
United States Civilization 1865-1918 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2000 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I In the Year Double-Zero; Chapter 1 New Year's Day 1900; Chapter 2 The Invincible Economy; Chapter 3 American Dreaming: The Power, the Glory, and the Chaos; Part II Fin de Siècle Dilemmas; Chapter 4 Kings of America; Chapter 5 The Great Game; Chapter 6 Other Americans; Chapter 7 White Man's Country; Chapter 8 Black in White Man's Country; Chapter 9 "A New Power of the First Order"; Chapter 10 Of Trusts, Islands, Dinner Pails, and an Election |
Epilogue Back to the Future: 1900 and 2000Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Many of the key issues concerning the United States as we enter the 21st century were already taking shape as we entered the 20th century. Business mergers, U.S. military intervention (in the Philippines), trade disputes with China and Europe, racial violence, high levels of crime, rising income gaps between rich and poor, volatile stock market prices, |
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homelessness in the cities, the dangers of immigration, and the domination of money in elections -- all these major national issues in 1900 are familiar in some form to Americans today. The nation grappled for the first time with a series of com |
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