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Title:
America in the 1900s / Marlene Targ Brill.
Author:
Brill, Marlene Targ.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, ©2010.
Call Number:
E756 .B769 2010
Abstract:
Presents the social, political, economical, and technological changes in the United States during the first decade of the twentieth century, including labor unions, the invention of the airplane, and popularization of the automobile.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip082/2007040983.html
ISBN:
9780822534365
Series:
The decades of twentieth-century America

Decades of twentieth-century America.
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Contents:
Theodore Roosevelt's big stick : politics in the 1900s -- Politics of the land : protecting natural resources -- Novel ideas for everyday living : science, technology, and communication -- Big business and workers' rights : the 1900s economy -- Battling inequality : immigrants, minorities, and women -- From muckraking to fantasy : writing of the 1900s -- Impressionism to Gibson Girls : 1900s art, architecture, and fashion -- The thrill of entertainment : theater and movies in the 1900s -- Moving to musicals and ragtime : music and dance in the 1900s -- Daring and speed : sports and recreation in the 1900s -- Stars and stripes forever.
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