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A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover


A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover


Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History 1. Aufl.

von: Katherine A.S. Sibley

177,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 22.07.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781118834473
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 616

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<p>With the analysis of the best scholars on this era, 29 essays demonstrate how academics then and now have addressed the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, ethnic, and social history of the presidents of the Republican Era of 1921-1933 - Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.</p> <ul> <li>This is the first historiographical treatment of a long-neglected period, ranging from early treatments to the most recent scholarship</li> <li>Features review essays on the era, including the legacy of progressivism in an age of “normalcy”, the history of American foreign relations after World War I, and race relations in the 1920s, as well as coverage of the three presidential elections and a thorough treatment of the causes and consequences of the Great Depression</li> <li>An introduction by the editor provides an overview of the issues, background and historical problems of the time, and the personalities at play</li> </ul>
<p>List of Illustrations viii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Acknowledgments xiv</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /> <i>Katherine A.S. Sibley</i></p> <p><b>Part I The Background of Progressivism 7</b></p> <p>1 The Wilson Legacy, Domestic and International 9<br /> <i>Christopher McKnight Nichols</i></p> <p>2 Progressivism in an Age of Normalcy: Women’s Rights, Civil Service, Veterans’ Benefits, and Child Welfare 34<br /> <i>John F. Fox, Jr.</i></p> <p>3 US Foreign Relations under Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover: Power and Constraint 53<br /> <i>Alex Goodall</i></p> <p><b>Part II Warren G. Harding and the Early 1920s 77</b></p> <p>4 Harding Biographies 79<br /> <i>Justin P. Coffey</i></p> <p>5 The Front Porch Campaign and the Election of Harding 94<br /> <i>Richard G. Frederick</i></p> <p>6 The Harding Presidency: Scandals, Legacy, and Memory 112<br /> <i>Phillip G. Payne</i></p> <p>7 The Opposition: Labor, Liquor, and Democrats 132<br /> <i>Kristoffer Shields</i></p> <p>8 No Immigrants or Radicals Need Apply: Varieties of Nativism in 1920s America 151<br /> <i>Alexander Pavuk</i></p> <p>9 New Technologies, Communication, and Mass Consumption 170<br /> <i>Jason N. Brock and R. Emmett Sullivan</i></p> <p><b>Part III Calvin Coolidge and His Era 191</b></p> <p>10 The Biographical Legacy of Calvin Coolidge and the 1924 Presidential Election 193<br /> <i>Jason Roberts</i></p> <p>11 From “Coolidge Prosperity” to “Voluntary Associationalism”: Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover, and America’s Political Economy in the Republican-Era 1920s 212<br /> <i>Daniel Michael Du Bois</i></p> <p>12 Country and City, 1921–1933: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, Urbanization and Suburbanization, and the Middletown Study 232<br /> <i>Scott A. Merriman</i></p> <p>13 Native Americans: Experiences and Culture 251<br /> <i>Mary Stockwell</i></p> <p>14 Military Interventions in the Coolidge Administration: Latin America and Asia 270<br /> <i>Theodore J. Zeman</i></p> <p>15 Race Relations and the Consequences of the Great Migration 291<br /> <i>Carol Jackson Adams</i></p> <p>16 Eugenics, Immigration Restriction, and the Birth Control Movements 313<br /> <i>Ruth Clifford Engs</i></p> <p>17 Popular Culture during the “Jazz Age” and After 338<br /> <i>Jennifer Frost</i></p> <p>18 Sports and Pastimes in the 1920s 358<br /> <i>Martin C. Babicz</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Herbert Hoover and His Era 377</b></p> <p>19 Hoover Biographies and Hoover Revisionism 379<br /> <i>Brian E. Birdnow</i></p> <p>20 The Election of 1928 397<br /> <i>Nicholas Siekierski and Richard G. Frederick</i></p> <p>21 The Economic Historiography of the Great Depression (1929–1933) 417<br /> <i>Daniel A. Schiffman</i></p> <p>22 The Worsening of the Great Depression: Hoovervilles, Farm Troubles, Bank Crises 444<br /> <i>Derek S. Hoff</i></p> <p>23 Hoover’s Vision and His Response to the Great Depression: Voluntary Efforts; Public Works; the Gold Standard; the RFC; the Farm Board; Hoover’s Reputation 465<br /> <i>Glen Jeansonne</i></p> <p>24 Herbert Hoover’s Diplomacy Toward Latin America 484<br /> <i>Paul Kahan</i></p> <p>25 Ironies of Character: Hoover’s Foreign Policy with Asia 502<br /> <i>Michael E. Chapman</i></p> <p>26 Women and Minorities 522<br /> <i>Nancy Beck Young</i></p> <p><b>Part V In Retrospect 543</b></p> <p>27 Historians’ Views of the Republican Era: Was Roosevelt an Entirely New Turn? 545<br /> <i>Justus D. Doenecke</i></p> <p>Index 567</p>
<p>“Anyone interested in the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era will find this volume an indispensable resource. Impressively thorough, and panoramic in scope, it is a model of historiographical scholarship.”  (<i>Expofairs</i>, 15 September 2015)</p> <p> </p>
<p><b>Katherine A.S. Sibley</b> is Professor of History at Saint Joseph’s University, USA. She is the author of four books, most recently <i>First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy</i> (2009) and <i>Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War</i> (2004). Professor Sibley is also editing a forthcoming <i>Companion</i> on first ladies, and serves on the editorial board of <i>American Communist History</i> as well as on the Historical Advisory Committee for the US State Department.</p>
<p>The three presidents of the Republican era of 1921–1933—Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover—have frequently been caricatured, defamed, or dismissed in popular history. This <i>Companion</i> provides a historiographical approach to these administrations and the country they governed. Top experts on this era provide 27 essays that fully demonstrate how scholars have addressed and debated the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, ethnic, and social history of this period, and how historians have wrestled with the controversial figures and issues of this age.  The text includes chapters on popular culture, technology, eugenics, nativism, and the biographical treatment of the presidents and first ladies of the era.</p>
<p>“Anyone interested in the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era will find this volume an indispensable resource. Impressively thorough, and panoramic in scope, it is a model of historiographical scholarship.” <i>–George H. Nash, author of</i> The Life of Herbert Hoover, <i>vols. 1-3</i></p> <p>“A well-edited volume of lively and informative essays about three oft-neglected Republican presidents. Highly recommended for high-school and college libraries.” <i>–Lewis L. Gould, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin</i></p>

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