An historical account of the political and intellectual atmosphere of the USA in the early 20th century, which contends that the old order was being challenged and altered long before World War I. The study examines the ideas and literature of the periods before and after the War.
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Henry May's work clearly exposes the ways in which American society moved out of the Victorian era and toward a vibrant reform period that most think occurred actually after the end of World War I. May shows through the actions and words of prominent figures ranging from literary figures, university presidents, and persons in prominent social positions that the undercurrent for such reform long predated 1919 and significant progress was undertaken to erode and eventually collapse whatever was left of the Victorian era before and during the war. May's work poignantly illustrates that for a person to properly view the Roaring Twenties, he must first begin in the early 1910s. The major difficulty here is that May states that his work lives in the field of cultural history yet he focuses exclusively on prominent persons, mostly well-to-do and powerful, and does not include any reference to the average people. He hints at and points to ordinary citizens but does not afford them the same coverage as the other characters who comprise the bulk of his work. Notwithstanding that sway in focus, this work remains a vital looking glass view into the inception of the post World War I era.
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On March 3, 1912, President William Howard Taft made a special trip from Washington to New York to attend a dinner in honor of William Dean Howells. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prewar rebellion, older insurgents, innocent rebellion, dominant credo, literary rebellion, practical idealism, muckraking magazines, intellectual rebellion, young intellectuals, prewar years Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Republic, New England, Little Review, Seven Arts, United States, Henry James, Floyd Dell, Van Wyck Brooks, Woodrow Wilson, Amy Lowell, Theodore Roosevelt, William James, Mabel Dodge, Mark Twain, Miss Monroe, Walter Lippmann, Randolph Bourne, Barrett Wendell, San Francisco, Sherwood Anderson, John Dewey, Atlantic Monthly, Emma Goldman, John Reed New!
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On March 3, 1912, President William Howard Taft made a special trip from Washington to New York to attend a dinner in honor of William Dean Howells. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prewar rebellion, older insurgents, innocent rebellion, dominant credo, literary rebellion, practical idealism, muckraking magazines, intellectual rebellion, young intellectuals, prewar years Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Republic, New England, Little Review, Seven Arts, United States, Henry James, Floyd Dell, Van Wyck Brooks, Woodrow Wilson, Amy Lowell, Theodore Roosevelt, William James, Mabel Dodge, Mark Twain, Miss Monroe, Walter Lippmann, Randolph Bourne, Barrett Wendell, San Francisco, Sherwood Anderson, John Dewey, Atlantic Monthly, Emma Goldman, John Reed New!
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- Social Thought by Martin G. White in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Winesburg, Ohio (Bantam Classic) by Sherwood Anderson on page 261, page 262, and Back Matter
- Reason and Nature: An Essay on the Meaning of Scientific Methods by Morris Raphael Cohen on page 222, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- University of Wisconsin by Merle Curti on page 99, page 135, and Back Matter
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