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Nineteen twenties.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Sources.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1921-1923 -- Sources.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929 -- Sources.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932 -- Sources.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- Sources.
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The 1920s (1920-1929...
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The 1920s (1920-1929) / editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD.
Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2014]
Subjects
Nineteen twenties.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Sources.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1921-1923 -- Sources.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929 -- Sources.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932 -- Sources.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- Sources.
ISBN:
9781619254930 (hardback) :
161925493X (hardback)
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Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
Description:
xv, 325 pages ; 27 cm.
Contents:
A return to normalcy. Warren G. Harding: "Not nostrums, but normalcy" ; Harding on Americanism ; Franklin D. Roosevelt on Americanism ; On the Transportation Act of 1920 ; On the Teapot Dome Scandal ; The National Origins Act (Immigration Act of 1924) -- The Sacco-Vanzetti case in context. The case against the Reds ; Labor will not be outlawed or enslaved ; Summation of the defense, Sacco-Vanzetti trial ; Summation of the prosecution, Sacco-Vanzetti trial ; Selected prison letters of Bartolomeo Vanzetti ; Selected prison letters of Nicola Sacco ; From Facing the Chair: The Americanization of Two Foreign-born Workingmen -- Prohibition and problems. President Harding's appeal to halt lawbreaking ; Fiorello La Guardia on Prohibition ; An account of the St. Valentine's Day massacre ; The Wickersham Commission Report on Prohibition and Crime -- The age of Coolidge. The destiny of America ; The press under a free government ; Speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ; On intervention in Nicaragua -- Women and the modern world. Prison writings of a radical suffragist ; Now we can begin: women and their vote ; Margaret Sanger: the morality of birth control ; A flapper's appeal to parents -- African American affairs. Marcus Garvey on Back to Africa ; W.E.B. Du Bois: An open letter to Warren G. Harding ; On the Tulsa race riot ; Letter regarding Ku Klux Klan activity in Arkansas ; The Klansman's manual ; The name "Negro"--letters between Roland A. Barton and W.E.B. Du Bois -- The Scopes "Monkey" Trial. William Jennings Bryan: Scopes trial summation ; Court decision in the Scopes trial ; Impressions of the Scopes trial -- International negotiations. On the necessity of naval disarmament ; Treaty on the limitation of naval armaments ; The problem of Japan--a Japanese view ; The Kellogg-Briand pact ; On the Multilateral (Kellogg-Brand) Pact -- New horizons in industry, travel, and culture. From My Life and Work, by Henry Ford ; Lindbergh's Paris trip makes him world hero ; The Jazz Singer: reviews of the first "talking movie" ; WLS Showboat: the floating palace of wonder -- Herbert Hoover takes the helm. Herbert Hoover on "The constructive side of government" ; President Hoover responds to the stock market crash -- Appendixes: Chronological list ; Web resources ; bibliography ; Index.
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"Defining Documents in American History: The 1920s offers in-depth critical analysis of 40 primary source documents important to this uproarious decade in American history. Articles begin by introducing readers to the historical context, followed by a description of the author's life and circumstances in which the document was written. A document analysis, written by professional writers and historians, guides readers in understanding key elements of language, rhetoric, and social and political meaning that define the significance of the author and document in American history. Defining Documents in American History: The 1920s provides detailed analysis of a wide array of topics, including: Treaty of Versailles & The League of Nations; Prohibition; Women's Right to Vote; The Great Migration of African Americans & the Harlem Renaissance; Stock Market Collapse & the onset of the Great Depression."--Publisher website.
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
R-YA -- Reference
973.91 NI
Non Circulating
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