{"product_id":"twentieth-century-america-politics-and-power-in-the-united-states-1900-2000-9780340614075","title":"Twentieth-Century America: Politics and Power in the United States 1900-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Heale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoined in 1941 by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine publisher Henry Luce, the twentieth century has been called \"America's Century\" in anticipation that American values would continue to dominate and spread throughout the world stage as it had in the first part of the century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis title is a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. political system from 1900 to 2000, a period of unprecedented growth and power and one punctuated by crises and division. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart One focuses on the \"Progressive Order\" which emerged with the progressive movement at the beginning of the century and lasted until the stock market crash that lead to the Great Depression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Two begins in 1933 when President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal ushered in a era of big government liberalism which lasted until the late 1960s when it was undermined by dissension over Vietnam and racial and political turmoil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Three is called \"Divided Order\" and captures the last third of the century when the U.S. political system was characterized by hyper-partisanship, particularly when the White House and Congress were controlled by opposing parties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe issues of class, gender and race are explored as important formative influences in the course of American history, as was the role of American workers, immigrants, women, and African-Americans.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088081903767,"sku":"9780340614075","price":6864.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780340614075.webp?v=1767267149","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/twentieth-century-america-politics-and-power-in-the-united-states-1900-2000-9780340614075","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}