America Between the Wars, 1919–1941
A Documentary Reader
Samenvatting
This collection situates over seventy essential primary documents in their historical context to illustrate the American experience during the interwar era (1919–1941).
Introduces a broad range of cultural and historical topics, from race and the role of women to trends in literature and the Great Depression
Includes a range of photographs and illustrations
End–of–chapter questions encourage critical thinking and analysis, while a bibliography prepares students for further research
Specificaties
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<p>Series Editors′ Preface x</p>
<p>Source Acknowledgments xii</p>
<p>Introduction 1</p>
<p>Chapter 1 Challenges to Postwar Readjustment 10</p>
<p>1 W. E. B. DuBois, "Returning Soldiers," 1919 10</p>
<p>2 Jack Gaveel, Workers Need to Radicalize, 1919 12</p>
<p>3 A. Mitchell Palmer on Communism in America, 1920 15</p>
<p>4 Warren Harding, Readjustment, 1920 18</p>
<p>5 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Immigration Hurts America, 1923 20</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Social Battles of the 1920s 24</p>
<p>1 Grand Dragon Hiram Evans on the Klan and Americanism, 1926 24</p>
<p>2 "The Menace of Fundamentalism," 1925 30</p>
<p>3 Edwin E. Slosson, "The Futility of Anti–Prohibition," 1920 32</p>
<p>4 "Why Boston Wishes to Hang Sacco and Vanzetti," 1927 34</p>
<p>Chapter 3 The New Negro 38</p>
<p>1 Floyd J. Calvin, Criticizing Southern Lynching, 1923 38</p>
<p>2 Marcus Garvey Addresses UNIA Supporters in Philadelphia, 1919 41</p>
<p>3 Alain Locke, "Harlem," 1925 43</p>
<p>4 Pace Phonograph Corporation, Supporting Black Businesses, 1921 47</p>
<p>5 Zora Neale Hurston, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," 1928 49</p>
<p>6 Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life, 1934 and Into Bondage, 1936 52</p>
<p>Chapter 4 New Trends in Literature 55</p>
<p>1 Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Spring," 1920 55</p>
<p>2 Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, 1920 56</p>
<p>3 Countee Cullen, "Heritage," 1925 61</p>
<p>4 Nella Larsen, Quicksand, 1928 65</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Women in the 1920s 70</p>
<p>1 Viola I. Paradise, Housekeeping and Childcare in Rural Montana, 1919 70</p>
<p>2 Letters from Mothers to the Children′s Bureau, 1920 7 74</p>
<p>3 Crystal Eastman, Radical Feminism, 1920 76</p>
<p>4 Margaret Sanger Defends Birth Control, 1923 79</p>
<p>5 Advertisement for Lysol Disinfectant: Tradition Meets the New Woman, 1928 82</p>
<p>Chapter 6 Mass Culture 85</p>
<p>1 Bruce Bliven, Radio′s Promise and Pitfalls, 1924 85</p>
<p>2 Cartoons Celebrating Charles Lindbergh′s Transatlantic Flight, 1927 89</p>
<p>3 Motion Pictures in Middletown, 1929 91</p>
<p>4 John R. Tunis on College Football, 1928 94</p>
<p>5 Paul Gallico Discusses the Relevance of Babe Ruth, 1932 97</p>
<p>Chapter 7 The Onset of the Great Depression 102</p>
<p>1 Paul Abbot on the National Economy, 1929 102</p>
<p>2 New York Times, First Day of the Crash, 1929 107</p>
<p>3 Herbert Hoover Speaks to the Press about the Economy, 1929 110</p>
<p>4 Calvin Coolidge, A Bright Economic Future If We Stay the Course, 1932 111</p>
<p>Chapter 8 To Fear or Not to Fear 116</p>
<p>1 Walter Lippmann, Candidate Franklin Roosevelt, 1932 116</p>
<p>2 Herbert Hoover, The Proposed New Deal Will Ruin Us, 1932 119</p>
<p>3 Franklin Roosevelt′s Fireside Chat on Banking, 1933 122</p>
<p>4 Cartoon Celebrating the National Recovery Administration, 1933 126</p>
<p>Chapter 9 Voices from the Great Depression 129</p>
<p>1 Clarence Lee, Riding the Rails during the Great Depression, 1999 129</p>
<p>2 Ann Marie Low, Farming in the Dust Bowl, 1930 2 132</p>
<p>3 John L. Spivak, Migrant Farm Workers, 1934 136</p>
<p>4 Howard Kester, The Southern Tenant Farmers Union′s "Ceremony of the Land," 1937 141</p>
<p>Chapter 10 The New Deal: Critics and Limitations 146</p>
<p>1 James P. Cannon, In Support of Unionization, 1934 146</p>
<p>2 Huey Long, "Every Man a King," 1934 148</p>
<p>3 Raymond E. Click to Franklin Roosevelt, The New Deal Means Socialism, 1935 152</p>
<p>4 The Saturday Evening Post Attacks Intrusive Government, 1935 153</p>
<p>5 Cartoons Denouncing the Court–Packing Plan, 1937 155</p>
<p>Chapter 11 People of Color in the Age of Roosevelt 159</p>
<p>1 Herman J. D. Carter, An Injustice at Scottsboro, 1933 159</p>
<p>2 James R. Reid, Joe Louis: African American Hero, 1938 161</p>
<p>3 John Collier on A New Deal for Native Americans, 1938 163</p>
<p>4 Eva Lowe (Chen Junqi) Describes Chinese American Life during the Depression, 1982 166</p>
<p>5 Luisa Moreno, Latinos and American Identity, 1940 169</p>
<p>Chapter 12 Women in the New Deal Era 174</p>
<p>1 Babe Didrikson: Viking Girl, 1932 174</p>
<p>2 Meridel Le Sueur, "I Was Marching," 1934 178</p>
<p>3 Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould, A Modern Marriage, 1937 182</p>
<p>4 Eleanor Roosevelt, "My Day," 1937, 1939 183</p>
<p>5 Letters from African American Women to the Federal Government, 1935 41 187</p>
<p>6 Dorothea Lange, Photos of Women Surviving Hard Times, 1939 192</p>
<p>Chapter 13 Raising the Walls in Turbulent Times 197</p>
<p>1 Henry Cabot Lodge Denounces the Proposed League of Nations, 1919 197</p>
<p>2 Harry Elmer Barnes, World War I Was a Mistake, 1926 200</p>
<p>3 Calvin Coolidge, Address to Congress Regarding the Invasion of Nicaragua, 1927 204</p>
<p>4 The Sinking of the Panay, 1937 206</p>
<p>Chapter 14 The Great Debate: America Encounters World War II 211</p>
<p>1 Franklin Roosevelt′s Neutrality Message, 1939 211</p>
<p>2 Charles Lindbergh, America is Drifting toward War, 1940 214</p>
<p>3 Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat on "An Arsenal of Democracy," 1940 217</p>
<p>4 A. Philip Randolph Calls for a March on Washington, 1941 222</p>
<p>5 Franklin Roosevelt Declares an Unlimited National Emergency, 1941 225</p>
<p>Chapter 15 Popular Culture and the Great Debate 228</p>
<p>1 Will Hays, The Motion Picture in a Changing World, 1940 228</p>
<p>2 Henry R. Luce, America and the War, 1940 230</p>
<p>3 Edward R. Murrow, This is London, 1940 234</p>
<p>4 War and Consumerism: Advertisements from Time Magazine, 1941 238</p>
<p>5 Harry Warner′s Testimony to a Senate Subcommittee on War Propaganda in Film, 1941 243</p>
<p>Bibliography 247</p>
<p>Index 257</p>

