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Great Events from History: American History, 1919-1945--The Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression & WWII
Great Events from History: 1919-1945--The Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and War is a welcome addition to the long-running Great Events series by Salem Press. This brand-new title is the fourth release in a new sub-series devoted to American History and the crucial events that shaped the country’s continued growth.
This fourth entry in the new Great Events from History -- American History series picks up where the third left off, encompassing the years following WWI, prohibition and the Roaring Twenties, politics during the postwar years, the role of women as greater rights were granted and achievements accumulated, the state of American labor, the arts and culture of the time, feats of technology and science, the leadup to WWII, the outbreak of the war and America’s eventual entrance into the conflict, politics and diplomacy during the war, and how the war affected all aspects of American society and culture.
This set immerses students and readers in the events of the rebounding economy and culture of the 1920s, the horrendous conditions of the Great Depression that followed in the 1930s, and the explosive international events that led the country into the most significant war of all time. Major events include:
- 1918: Influenza Epidemic Sweeps the World
- 1919: Eighteenth Amendment (“Prohibition”) Ratified
- 1920: Nineteenth Amendment (“Women’s Suffrage”) Ratified
- 1920s: Automobiles and Auto Manufacturing in the 1920s
- 1920s-1930s: The Harlem Renaissance
- 1929-1939: The Great Depression
- 1934: The “Dust Bowl” of the Great Plains
- 1938: House Committee on Un-American Activities Is Established
- 1941: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor; Congress Declares War
- 1941-1945: World War II
- 1941-1945: 6.6 Million Women Enter the U.S. Labor Force
- 1944: D-Day Invasion of Europe
- 1945: Atomic Bombing of Japan
Plus details of general elections, presidencies, and so much more.
In-depth, yet accessible essays provide a summary of the event and discuss the event’s significance and historical impact. Entries are supplemented with sources for further reading, maps, quotations from primary source documents, timelines, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations, as well as biographical sidebars of key figures.
Designed for history students at the high school and undergraduate levels, public librarians will also find the set, and the series as a whole, invaluable as a reference tool for students at all academic levels.
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