Explores cultural, economic, and political events of the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Many of the key issues concerning the United States as we enter the 21st century were already taking shape as we entered the 20th century. Business mergers, U.S

With the social change brought on by the Great Migration of African Americans into the urban northeast after the Great War came the surge of a biracial sensibil

This sweeping narrative filled with humor and compassion opens New Year's Day 1900 and follows an eclectic group of men and women over the course of one remarka

This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migr