American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century

✍ Scribed by Gerstle, Gary

Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2017;2016
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Theodore Roosevelt's racialized nation, 1890-1900 -- Civic nationalism and its contradictions, 1890-1917 -- Hardening the boundaries of the nation, 1917-1929 -- The Rooseveltian nation ascendant, 1930-1940 -- Good war, race war, 1941-1945 -- The Cold War, anticommunism, and a nation in flux, 1946-1960 -- Civil rights, white resistance, and black nationalism, 1960-1968 -- Vietnam, cultural revolt, and the collapse of the Rooseveltian nation, 1968-1975 -- Beyond the Rooseveltian nation, 1975-2000 -- The age of Obama, 2000-2016.

✦ Table of Contents

Theodore Roosevelt's racialized nation, 1890-1900 --
Civic nationalism and its contradictions, 1890-1917 --
Hardening the boundaries of the nation, 1917-1929 --
The Rooseveltian nation ascendant, 1930-1940 --
Good war, race war, 1941-1945 --
The Cold War, anticommunism, and a nation in flux, 1946-1960 --
Civil rights, white resistance, and black nationalism, 1960-1968 --
Vietnam, cultural revolt, and the collapse of the Rooseveltian nation, 1968-1975 --
Beyond the Rooseveltian nation, 1975-2000 --
The age of Obama, 2000-2016.

✦ Subjects

History;History--20th century;History--21st century;History -- 20th century;History -- 21st century

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