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

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. This is the first historiographical treatment of a long–neglected period, ranging from early treatments to the most recent scholarship 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 An introduction by the editor provides an overview of the issues, background and historical problems of the time, and the personalities at play INDICE: Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Katherine A.S. Sibley   Part I: The Background of Progressivism 1 The Wilson Legacy, Domestic and International Christopher McKnight Nichols 2 Progressivism in an Age of Normalcy: Women’s Rights, civil service, veterans’ benefits, and child welfare John Fox 3 US–Foreign Relations Under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover: Power and Constraint Alex Goodall                    Part II: Warren G. Harding and the Early 1920s 4 Harding’s Biographies Justin P. Coffey 5 The Front Porch and the Harding Election Richard G. Frederick 6 Harding Presidency:  Scandals, Legacy and Memory Phillip G. Payne 7 The Opposition: Labor, Liquor, and Democrats Kristoffer Shields 8 No Immigrants or Radicals Need Apply: Varieties of Nativism in 1920s America Alexander Pavuk 9 New technologies, Communication and Mass Consumption Jason N. Brock and R. Emmett Sullivan   Part III: Calvin Coolidge and His Era 10 The Biographical Legacy of Calvin Coolidge and the 1924 Presidential Election Jason Roberts 11 From “Coolidge Prosperity” to “Voluntary Associationalism”: Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover, and America’s Political Economy in the Republican–Era Twenties Daniel Michael Du Bois 12 Country and City, 1921–1933: Fundamentalism; Scopes Trial; Urbanization and Suburbanization; the Middletown Study Scott A. Merriman 13 Native Americans: Experiences and Culture Mary Stockwell 14 Military interventions and foreign affairs in the Coolidge Administration: Latin America and Asia Theodore J. Zeman 15 Race Relations and the Consequences of the Great Migration Carol Jackson Adams 16 Eugenics, Immigration Restriction and the Birth Control Movements Ruth Clifford Engs 17 Popular Culture during the “Jazz Age” and After Jennifer Frost 18 Sports and Pastimes in the 1920s Martin C. Babicz   Part IV: Herbert Hoover and His Era 19 Hoover Biographies and Hoover Revisionism Brian E. Birdnow 20 The Election of 1928 Nicholas Siekierski and Richard G. Frederick 21 The Economic Historiography of the Great Depression (1929–1933) Daniel A. Schiffman 22 The Worsening of the Great Depression: Hoovervilles, Farm Troubles, Bank Crises Dennis S. Hoff 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 Glen Jeansonne 24 Herbert Hoover’s Diplomacy Toward Latin America Paul Kahan 25 Ironies of Character: Hoover’s Foreign Policy with Asia Michael E. Chapman 26 Women and Minorities Nancy Beck Young   Part V: In Retrospect 27 Historians’ Views of the Republican Era: Was Roosevelt an Entirely New Turn? Justus Doenecke

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-5003-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 640
• Fecha Publicación: 19/09/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés