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A new world power : America...
The inward-looking, isolationist tendencies of the United States as it emerged from the first World War may give the impression of a country vastly different from the outward-looking incipient superpower that began to materialize during WWII. As it transitioned from economic depression to international prominence under the steady hand of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the United States slowly carved out a place for itself on the world stage. Seminal documents and personal accounts are interspersed with historical narrative in this enthralling volume, which chronicles the political and so
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monografia Rebiun38161263 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun38161263 m o d cr un ---uuuua 120206s2013 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 2012003795 9786613669186 9781615306947 9781280692246 1280692243 9781615307401 1615307400 MiFhGG eng MiFhGG rda pn eng n-us--- 973.91 A new world power America from 1920 to 1945 edited by Jeff Wallenfeldt 1st ed New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 2013 New York New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 2013 New York New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages) illustrations (chiefly color) 1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages) Text txt computer c online resource cr Documenting America : the primary source documents of a nation Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Postwar Republican Administrations; Postwar Conservatism; Document: Robert Benchley: "The Making of a Red" (1919); Peace and Prosperity; Document: Thomas J. Walsh: Teapot Dome (1924); Document: Calvin Coolidge: The Destiny of America (1923); New Social Trends; Nineteenth Amendment; Document: Harry Emerson Fosdick: The Fundamentalist Controversy (1922); Eighteenth Amendment; Chapter 2: The Great Depression; The Stock Market Crash; The Dust Bowl; Document: Report on Conditions in the South (1938) The Depression Goes GlobalThe Gold Standard; Chapter 3: The First New Deal; Document: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Progress of the Recovery Program (1933); Relief; Document: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, and Reform (1934); Agricultural Recovery; Doucment: Henry A. Wallace: Declaration of Interdependence (1933); Business Recovery; Chapter 4: The Second New Deal; Populist Challengers; Document: Huey P. Long: Sharing Our Wealth (1935); The Works Progress Administration; The Social Security Act, the Wagner Act, and the Supreme Court Document: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Program for Social Security (1935)The Culmination of the New Deal; The Fair Labor Standards Act; Document: John L. Lewis: Industrial Unions (1938); An Assessment of the New Deal; Chapter 5: The Road to War; Document: Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Good Neighbor Policy (1936); Document: Wendell L. Willkie: Acceptance Speech (1940); Document: Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms (1941); Document: The Atlantic Charter (1941); Chapter 6: The United States at War; War Production; Financing the War; Social Consequences of the War Document: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Discrimination in Wartime Employment (1941)Document: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, Frank Murphy, and Robert H. Jackson: Korematsu v. United States (1944); The 1944 Election; Chapter 7: The New U.S. Role in World Affairs; Document: The Yalta Agreement (1945); Document: Harry S. Truman: Announcement of the Dropping of an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (1945); Conclusion; Appendices (Documents); Robert Benchley: The Making of a Red (1919); Thomas J. Walsh: Teapot Dome (1924); Calvin Coolidge: The Destiny of America (1923) Harry Emerson Fosdick: The Fundamentalist Controversy (1922)Report on Conditions in the South (1938); Soil; Private and Public Income; Labor; Ownership and Use of Land; Franklin D. Roosevelt: Progress of the Recovery Program (1933); Franklin D. Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, and Reform (1934); Henry A. Wallace: Declaration of Interdependence (1933); Huey P. Long: Sharing Our Wealth (1935); Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Program for Social Security (1935); John L. Lewis: Industrial Unions (1938); Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Good Neighbor Policy (1936); Wendell L. Willkie: Acceptance Speech (1940) Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms (1941) The inward-looking, isolationist tendencies of the United States as it emerged from the first World War may give the impression of a country vastly different from the outward-looking incipient superpower that began to materialize during WWII. As it transitioned from economic depression to international prominence under the steady hand of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the United States slowly carved out a place for itself on the world stage. Seminal documents and personal accounts are interspersed with historical narrative in this enthralling volume, which chronicles the political and so English World War, 1939-1945- United States- Sources United States- History- 1919-1933- Sources United States- History- 1933-1945- Sources United States- Politics and government- 1919-1933- Sources United States- Politics and governmetn- 1933-1945- Sources United States- Foreign relations- 20th century- Sources Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H. editor 9781615306947 1615306943 Documenting America