Table of Contents

Preface
1: By 1900
2: Progressivism and the New Deal
3: The Trials and Triumphs of Progressivism
4: The First World War
5: The Twenties
6: The Depression Decade
7: The World at War Again
8: Postwar Challenges
9: The "Best Years"
10: Era of Upheaval
11: Nixon's America
12: Years of Disillusionment
13: Dynamic Conservatism
14: Into the Nineties
15: The Close of the Century

Reviews

"Reeves delivers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the 20th century without drowning his readers in nonrelevant detail. For the light reader to the historian - this book's a winner."--Tommy G. Thompson Governor, State of Wisconsin
"Finally, a lively U.S. history text full of facts, not polemics. With Twentieth-Century America, Thomas Reeves has given students an engaging, balanced narrative of the dramatic events, and sometimes disturbing trends, that have shaped our lives in recent times."--Kenneth J. Heineman, Ohio University, Lancaster Campus
"Reeves delivers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the 20th century without drowning his readers in nonrelevant detail. For the light reader to the historian - this book's a winner."--Tommy G. Thompson Governor, State of Wisconsin
"Finally, a lively U.S. history text full of facts, not polemics. With Twentieth-Century America, Thomas Reeves has given students an engaging, balanced narrative of the dramatic events, and sometimes disturbing trends, that have shaped our lives in recent times."--Kenneth J. Heineman, Ohio University, Lancaster Campus

"Reeves delivers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the 20th century without drowning his readers in nonrelevant detail. For the light reader to the historian - this book's a winner."--Tommy G. Thompson Governor, State of Wisconsin "Finally, a lively U.S. history text full of facts, not polemics. With Twentieth-Century America, Thomas Reeves has given students an engaging, balanced narrative of the dramatic events, and sometimes disturbing trends, that have shaped our lives in recent times."--Kenneth J. Heineman, Ohio University, Lancaster Campus "Reeves delivers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the 20th century without drowning his readers in nonrelevant detail. For the light reader to the historian - this book's a winner."--Tommy G. Thompson Governor, State of Wisconsin "Finally, a lively U.S. history text full of facts, not polemics. With Twentieth-Century America, Thomas Reeves has given students an engaging, balanced narrative of the dramatic events, and sometimes disturbing trends, that have shaped our lives in recent times."--Kenneth J. Heineman, Ohio University, Lancaster Campus

Reeves (Univ. of Wisconsin, Parkside) has designed this book as a succinct review of recent American history. Aimed at general readers and undergraduates, it provides reliable history without excessive detail and conflicting viewpoints. Moving from 1900 through recent events in Kosovo, Reeves writes the American story engagingly and without much ideological interpretation. The only weakness here (not a major one) is a lack of coverage of popular culture. Mostly, however, this is an admirable, well-written success that readers interested in American history will appreciate. For all public and academic libraries, especially those with less-than-adequate budgets.ÄEdward Gibson, Langston Hughes Memorial Lib., Lincoln Univ., PA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.