1920 (häftad, eng)

The presidential election of 1920 was among history''s most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson''s League of Nations and Harding''s front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America.

Women won the vote. Republicans outspent Democrats by 4 to 1, as voters witnessed the first extensive newsreel coverage, modern campaign advertising, and results broadcast on radio. America had become an urban nation: Automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit transformed the economy.

1920 paints a vivid portrait of America, beset by the Red Scare, jailed dissidents, Prohibition, smoke-filled rooms, bomb-throwing terrorists, and the Klan, gingerly crossing modernity''s threshold.

Format	Häftad
Omfång	592 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Avalon Publishing Group
Utgivningsdatum	2008-04-08
ISBN	9780786721023