Standing At Armageddon
by Painter,Nell IrvinFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-04-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary
Standing at Armageddon is a comprehensive and lively historical account of America's shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society. Nell Irvin Painter will be featured in the PBS multipart series The Progressive Era with Bill Moyers, which coincides with the release of the updated edition of this acclaimed work.
Author Biography
Nell Irvin Painter is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and the author of several books, including Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol; Southern History Across the Color Line; Creating Black Americans; and The History of White People (2009). She is featured in the PBS multipart series "The Progressive Era with Bill Moyers"
Table of Contents
| Preface to the 2008 Edition | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| The Tocsin Sounds | p. 1 |
| The Great Upheaval | p. 36 |
| Remedies | p. 72 |
| The Depression of the 1890s | p. 110 |
| The White Man's Burden | p. 141 |
| Prosperity | p. 170 |
| Race and Disfranchisement | p. 216 |
| Woman Suffrage and Women Workers | p. 231 |
| The Progressive Era | p. 253 |
| Wars | p. 283 |
| The European War Takes Over | p. 306 |
| The Great Unrest | p. 344 |
| Epilogue | p. 381 |
| Afterword | p. 391 |
| Index | p. 401 |
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