{"product_id":"1920-the-year-of-the-six-presidents-9780786721023","title":"1920: The Year of the Six Presidents","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Pietrusza\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson's League of Nations and Harding's front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America. Women won the vote. Republicans outspent Democrats by 4 to 1, as voters witnessed the first extensive newsreel coverage, modern campaign advertising, and results broadcast on radio. America had become an urban nation: Automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit transformed the economy. \u003cem\u003e1920\u003c\/em\u003e paints a vivid portrait of America, beset by the Red Scare, jailed dissidents, Prohibition, smoke-filled rooms, bomb-throwing terrorists, and the Klan, gingerly crossing modernity's threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355988910231,"sku":"9780786721023","price":2008.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786721023.webp?v=1767309207","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/1920-the-year-of-the-six-presidents-9780786721023","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}