The Twenties in America : : Politics and History / / Niall Palmer.
This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade.Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Har...
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Palmer, Niall, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Twenties in America : Politics and History / Niall Palmer. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2006 1 online resource (208 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS Frontmatter -- Contents -- Ackowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Coming of Normalcy, 1920–1 -- 2 Normalcy in Practice, 1921–3 -- 3 Normalcy Abroad, 1921–3 -- 4 Coolidgean Normalcy, 1923–5 -- 5 High Tide of Normalcy, 1925–8 -- 6 Normalcy Looks Ahead, 1928–9 -- Conclusion: Looking Back at Normalcy -- Select Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade.Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. It suggests Harding's executive style and achievements were not as poor as traditional portraits have claimed. Coolidge is presented in terms of his largely successful efforts to distance himself from the financial scandals associated with his predecessor and his encouragement of the major revival of much of the US economy.The author argues that the pace of social and technological change resulted in lines of conflict over poverty, race, religion and employment rights being redrawn as living standards rose, home and working conditions changed and old prejudices were challenged. Consequently, politicians found that old solutions became increasingly irrelevant to new realities.The narrative is placed in the familiar context of the Twenties: the motor car, jazz, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hollywood, mass consumerism and the flapper.Key Features:The only balanced overview of the history and politics of America in the 1920sRevises the traditional views of the Presidencies of Harding and CoolidgePlaces the politics in its social and cultural context. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Années vingt (Vingtième siècle). Nineteen twenties. American Studies. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 9783110780468 print 9780748620371 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748626717 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748626717 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748626717/original |
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