The twenties in America : politics and history /

This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade. Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Ha...

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Author / Creator: Palmer, Niall A.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
Series:BAAS paperbacks.
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Access:Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff.
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The coming of normalcy, 1920-1
  • 2. Normalcy in practice, 1921-3
  • 3. Normalcy abroad, 1921-3
  • 4. Coolidgean normalcy, 1923-5
  • 5. High tide in normalcy, 1925-8
  • 6. Normalcy looks ahead, 1928-9
  • Conclusion : looking back at normalcy
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.