America enters the world : a people's history of the Progressive Era and World War I

Title:

Author:

Smith, Page.

ISBN:

9780070585737

Publication:

Physical Description:

xiii, 1089 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

General Note:

"Volume seven" of the author's history of the United States.

Maps on lining papers.

Includes index.

Contents:

A new hand at the helm -- Other battlefields -- Roosevelt takes charge -- The election of 1904 -- Municipal reform -- 1906 -- Conservation -- The immigrants -- The farmers -- Losing ground: Black Americans -- The election of 1908 -- Coming down: the Taft Administration -- The left -- The war goes on -- The Paterson strike -- Greenwich Village -- It's Roosevelt again -- The rise of Woodrow Wilson -- The Swan song of the progressives -- The commission on industrial relations -- Fat cats and experts -- Ludlow -- A brilliant start -- Foreign policy -- The war begins -- The European War -- Neutral America -- The election of 1916 -- America enters the war -- The Russian Revolution -- Suppressing dissent -- Mobilizing the nation --Over there -- The fourteen points -- The Peace Conference -- Troubled Europe -- The Commissions -- Concluding the treaty -- The treaty and the Senate -- The consequences of the war -- Russia again -- Americans against Americans -- The Republicans recapture the White House -- The genius of Woodrow Wilson -- Religion -- Education -- The new technologies -- Art and architecture -- The popular novel -- The literary scene -- Four women writers -- Recurrent themes -- Conclusion.

Abstract:

A people's history of the Progressive Era and World War I.

Subject Term:

Progressivism (United States politics)

World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.

Politics and government

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.

United States

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Summary:

A people's history of the Progressive Era and World War I.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

This latest, most satisfactory installment of Smith's exuberant, multi-faceted American history covers the period from Teddy Roosevelt's swearing-in (1901) to Harding's death (1923): the dominant personalities are of course that contrasting pair, Roosevelt and Wilson; the dominant themes are the climax of the struggle between capital and labor and, from Roosevelt's intercession in the Russo-Japanese War through WW I and Wilson's Fourteen Points, America's growing presence on the international scene. Smith relishes the impact and foibles of his leading characters, without trivializing them. His narrative is peopled with reformer-journalists and other activists, and shaded with their observations and opinions. (The period is rich in memoirs--some readers will regret the absence of source-notes.) He discusses landmark works like Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life with vigor (more so than David Levy in the Croly biography, above); he boldly takes up such questions as the nature of progressivism (""Was it a continuation of populism with a more urban slant?"" etc.) and ""Should the United States have entered the war?"" Hewrites suggestive, self-contained chapters on aspects of ongoing events--juxtaposed are ""The Paterson Strike"" and ""Greenwich Village."" His Western perspective is usefully applied to conservation and farming; he is precise on the blacks' losing battle and the currents of radicalism. The main narrative is detailed on domestic politics and foreign policy; there are also worthy sections, at its close, on such diverse matters as education, technology, art and architecture, popular novels, and--in keeping with a marked female presence throughout--""Four Women Writers"" (representing four distinct sociocultural settings-Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Willa Cather, Gertrude Atherton). At the start of this series, Smith's myriad particulars had a curio-cabinet aspect; here the heterogeneous material is held together by an intermesh of major and minor themes, major and minor figures. . . and the author's genial/gruff delivery. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.