Item #179065 Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925. Mark Sullivan.
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925

Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925

New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1937, 1943, 1930, 1937, 1933, 1937. Hardcover. Six volume set, navy cloth boards with stamped insignia on front covers, gilt lettering on spine. Volume 1 is 610 pp with bw illustrations. Volume 2 is 668 pp with bw illustrations. Volume 3 is 586 pp with bw illustrations. Volume 4 is 629 pp with bw illustrations. volume 5 is 676 pp with bw illustrations. Volume 6 is 674 pp with bw illustrations. Good+/Good (overall light shelfwear to boards, age toning to pages. Pages are clear. Dust jackets have shelfwear/soiling/small tears.). Item #179065

Six volume set; I. The turn of the century, 1900-1904.--II. America finding herself.--III. Pre-war America.--IV. The war begins, 1909-1914.--V. Over here, 1914-1918.--VI. The twenties. I. The turn of the century, 1900-1904. The turn of the century ; America in 1900 ; 1900-25 ; Roosevelt gets his start ; Three political leaders ; Bryan ; Leaders and forces ; Forces that gave rise to unrest ; Conditions that gave rise to Bryan ; The nineties ; New times, new events, new issues ; Dewey ; Roosevelt becomes president ; The larger history ; 1900: looking backward and looking forward ; Some contrasts and changes, 1900-1925 ; A modern warrior ; The automobile emerges ; 1900 ; 1901 ; 1902 ; 1903 -- II. America finding herself. The American mind ; The American mind: education ; The American mind: inherited ideals ; The American mind: outlook ; The American mind: orthodoxy ; The American mind: eloquence, or at least elocution ; The American mind: discipline ; The American mind: ornament ; The American mind: sentiment ; The American mind: diversion ; The American common school ; "The years that the locust hath eaten" ; A dude enters politics ; A picture, a poem, and the times ; From old to new in industry ; Oil ; Trusts ; Titans at war ; The trusts and the government ; Roosevelt ; Interlude, with action ; Waiting ; Roosevelt goes into action ; Roosevelt settles a strike ; Wall Street tries to get rid of Roosevelt ; The Supreme Court reverses itself ; The crusade for pure food ; The airplane emerges ; 1904 ; 1905 -- III. Pre-war America. Two friends ; Memorable years ; An American dynasty ; Melodrama in high places ; Roosevelt's power ; "Teddy" ; The railroad rate fight ; Selecting a successor ; An emancipation ; Pre-war popular songs ; 1906 ; 1907 ; 1908 -- IV. The war begins, 1909-1914. June 28, 1914 ; New energy, new wealth ; Henry Ford emerges, suddenly ; New ways in industry ; Art finds a patron ; New words ; The genius of the age ; Carnegie, type of his time ; New influences on the American mind ; Dances of the day ; Change, ferment, in great matters and little ; Roosevelt nominates Taft ; Taft is elected president ; The beginnings of rift ; March 4, 1909 ; Taft's four years: the "insurgents" ; Taft's four years: the tariff revision ; Taft's four years: the fight on the rules ; Taft's four years: the Ballinger case ; Taft's four years: high hopes wrecked ; Taft's four years ; Thru! ; Roosevelt's return ; Roosevelt and Taft: open break ; Roosevelt: his hat in the ring ; Friendship in ruins ; Open feud ; Eve of battle ; The battle ; Meaning of the Progressive movement -- V. Over here, 1914-1918. Prologue ; War knocks at Wilson's door ; America looks on at the war ; Wilson maintains neutrality, with difficulty ; The Lusitania ; Evolution of American thought ; Bryan, resigning, leads the pacifists ; Henry Ford takes a hand and a ship ; German plotting exposed ; Preparedness ; Wilson changes, a little ; "He kept us out of war" ; Wilson unfolds his plan ; Germany unleashes the submarine ; War ; Conscription ; "You're in the Army now" ; Wilson organizes for war ; The "conflict of smokestacks" ; "The bridge to France" ; "Food will win the war" ; A new device in war ; Wilson makes war with ideas ; Over here ; Trail's end for Roosevelt ; Germany cries "Kamerad!" ; Armistice, false, and true ; Miserere -- VI. The twenties. The world in 1920 ; Harding and Daugherty ; Harding nominated ; A footnote ; Postscript to the nomination of Harding ; Harding on his front porch ; The 1920 campaign ; Harding confers some appointments ; The United States, when Harding became president ; The presidency of Harding ; Tragedy begins ; Last days ; Coolidge becomes president ; The oil scandals ; Tragedy completed ; Some new things in books during the twenties ; Tunes of the twenties.

OCLC: 457018

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