| The Shaping of Modern America: 1877 - 1920 Contributor(s): de Santis, Vincent P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882959530 ISBN-13: 9780882959535 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $40.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 973.8 |
| LCCN: 99039792 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the years between the Civil War and the First World War, Americans lived in a nation quite different from that of their parents, the values of a burgeoning industrial and urban society transforming traditional notions of democracy. At the same time, other far-reaching developments--the eclipsing of countryside and farm by city and factory, substantial changes in communications and transportation, revolutionary innovations in agriculture, a large wave of immigration, the rise of labour unions, and the emergence of the United States as a world power--gave these years a distinctive character and established the foundations of modern America. Revised to reflect the latest scholarship on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, this classic text remains a great choice as a core text for courses in the Gilded Age or as a highly useful supplement for the US history survey. |