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| ISBN: | 0748626719
9780748626717
9786610501540
6610501548
1280501545
9781280501548
0748620370
9780748620371
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-188) and index.
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| Summary: | 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 Harding and Calvin Coolidge. It suggests Harding's executive style and achievements were not as poor as traditional portraits have claimed. Coolidge is presented in terms of his largely successful efforts to distance himself from the financial scandals associated with his predecessor and his encouragement of the major revival of much of the US economy. The author argues that the pace of social and technological change resulted in lines of conflict over poverty, race, religion and employment rights being redrawn as living standards rose, home and working conditions changed and old prejudices were challenged. Consequently, politicians found that old solutions became increasingly irrelevant to new realities. The narrative is placed in the familiar context of the Twenties: the motor car, jazz, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hollywood, mass consumerism and the flapper. Key Features: The only balanced overview of the history and politics of America in the 1920s Revises the traditional views of the Presidencies of Harding and Coolidge Places the politics in its social and cultural context.
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| Other form: | Print version: Palmer, Niall A. Twenties in America. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006 0748620370
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| Standard no.: | 9780748626717
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