America in the Age of the Titans: The Progressive Era and World War I - Hardcover

Cashman, Sean Dennis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814714102 ISBN 13: 9780814714102

Publisher: NYU Press, 1988

Synopsis

Detailing the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-20), America in the Age of the Titans is the only interdisciplinary history covering this period currently available. The book contains the results of research into primary sources an drecent scholarship with an emphases on leading personalities and anecdotes about them. Sean Dennis Cashman's sequesl to America in the Gilded Age gives special attention to industry and inventions, and social and cultural history. He covers developments in science, technology, and industry; the Progressive movement and the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, immigration, the new woman, and labor, including the Industrial Workers of the World and the Great Red Scare; the transportation and communications revolution in radio and motion pictures; the cultural contribuation of artists, architects, and creatice writers; and America's foreign policies across the world. Written in a lively, accessible style with over sixty illustrations, this book is an excellent introduction to these momentous years. It provides an assessment of the contributions of the titans - political, scientific, and industrial.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The book contains the results of research into primary sources and recent scholarship with an emphasis on leading personalities and anecdotes about them.

About the Author:

Sean Dennis Cashman is the author of various popular books on American history, most recently the third edition of his classic America in the Gilded Age, also available from NYU Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0814714102
• ISBN 13: 9780814714102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 622