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Title Handbook to life in America. Volume V, The age of reform, 1890 to 1920 / Rodney P. Carlisle, general editor.

Publication Info. New York : Facts on File, [2009]
©2009

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 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA973.8 C194    Check Shelf
Description xi, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary "The early 20th-century in America was characterized by technological advancements. Chief among these was the rapid replacement of horse-drawn vehicles by gasoline-powered cars, which necessitated a nationwide network of paved highways and filling stations. Concern over unchecked industrialization and pollution led to a new awareness of nature and the creation of the nation's national park system. As well, the racial landscape of America was altered by the exodus of large numbers of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North. While U.S. participation in World War I was limited due to a lengthy policy of neutrality, the conflict produced a shift in the country's values that shaped both popular and political culture for the rest of the century, exemplified by the ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote."--p.[4] of cover.
Contents Introduction -- Family and daily life -- Material culture -- Social attitudes -- Cities and urban life -- Rural life -- Religion -- Education -- Science and technology -- Entertainment and sports -- Crime and violence -- Labor and employment -- Military and wars -- Population trends and migration -- Transportation -- Public health, medicine, and nutrition.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject United States -- Religion -- History.
Education -- United States -- History.
Prohibition -- United States.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- United States.
United States -- Civilization.
United States -- Transportation -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Medicine -- History.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Telephone -- United States -- History.
Chinese Americans -- History.
African Americans -- Segregation.
United States -- History -- 1865-1921.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History.
Subject African Americans -- History.
United States -- Social conditions.
Automobiles -- United States -- History.
Labor unions -- United States.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Technology -- United States -- History.
World War, 1914-1918.
National characteristics, American.
Families -- United States -- History.
Railroads -- United States -- History.
Rural-urban migration -- United States.
Indians of North America -- History.
Amusements -- United States -- History.
Added Author Carlisle, Rodney P.
Added Title Handbook to life in America. #05
Age of reform, 1890 to 1920
ISBN 9780816071784
0816071780
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