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The Uneasy State: The United States from 1915 to 1945
Barry D. Karl
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Description for The Uneasy State: The United States from 1915 to 1945
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, x, 258 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
In this major interpretive history of the reform era, Barry Karl presents an imaginative and thoughtful perspective on America's quest for political, economic, and cultural nationalism. Challenging accepted interpretations, he argues that the two world wars and the depression did not successfully unite the country so that a national managerial state could emerge as it did in other industrial nations. Karl draws on an impressive array of sources to support his position, offering insightful comments on popular culture—movies, novels, comic strips, and detective stories—and brilliant analyses of technological change and its impact.
Karl shows how Americans approached the ... Read more
In this major interpretive history of the reform era, Barry Karl presents an imaginative and thoughtful perspective on America's quest for political, economic, and cultural nationalism. Challenging accepted interpretations, he argues that the two world wars and the depression did not successfully unite the country so that a national managerial state could emerge as it did in other industrial nations. Karl draws on an impressive array of sources to support his position, offering insightful comments on popular culture—movies, novels, comic strips, and detective stories—and brilliant analyses of technological change and its impact.
Karl shows how Americans approached the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226425207
SKU
V9780226425207
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