Historical Viewpoints since 1865 : Notable Articles from American Heritage

by Garraty, John Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780321003010
• ISBN10: 0321003012
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The revision of this exciting collection of articles from the popular magazine American Heritage features one of the best representations of American historical thinking available. Authoritative, interesting, significant, and a pleasure to read, Historical Viewpoints appeals to historians and students alike. Divided into two volumes, the first Volume covers pre-Columbian times through the Reconstruction, and Volume II from Reconstruction to the present. This bestselling collection delivers balanced and penetrating coverage of American history; it complements any primary sourcebook or may stand on its own.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	vii
PART 1 Reconstruction and Race Relations	1	(32)
David Herbert Donald
Why They Impeached Andrew Johnson	2	(9)
Alan F. Westin
Ride-In: A Century of Protest Begins	11	(12)
Thomas C. Leonard
Reluctant Conquerors: American Army Officers and the Plains Indians	23	(10)
PART 2 Impact of Industrialism	33	(48)
Robert L. Heilbroner
John D. Rockefeller: America's First Billionaire	34	(15)
David Boroff
The Diaspora in America: A Study of Jewish Immigration	49	(13)
William V. Shannon
The Age of the Bosses	62	(9)
Richard Hofstadter
The Myth of the Happy Yeoman	71	(10)
PART 3 Age of Reform	81	(48)
Anne Firor Scott
Jane Addams: Urban Crusader	82	(13)
John S. Watterson
Reforming College Football	95	(9)
Robert S. Gallagher
The Fight for Women's Suffrage: An Interview with Alice Paul	104	(19)
T.H. Watkins
Gifford Pinchot: Father of the Forests	123	(6)
PART 4 America in World Affairs	129	(48)
William E. Leuchtenburg
The Needless War with Spain	130	(10)
Harold A Larrabee
The Enemies of Empire	140	(12)
Richard Ketchum
Pearl Harbor: The "Day of Infamy"	152	(16)
Robert James Maddox
Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb	168	(9)
PART 5 The Great Depression and the New Deal	177	(46)
John Kenneth Galbraith
The Causes of the Great Crash	178	(10)
John A. Garraty
The Big Picture of the Great Depression	188	(11)
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
FDR: The Man of the Century	199	(10)
William E. Leuchtenburg
The Case of the Chambermaid and the "Nine Old Men"	209	(14)
PART 6 Postwar Politics	223	(44)
Steve Neal
Eisenhower as President	224	(10)
Richard Reeves
The Education of John F. Kennedy	234	(8)
Larry L. King
Lyndon B. Johnson and Vietnam	242	(13)
Walter Karp
Watergate	255	(12)
PART 7 Social Change	267	(48)
Alexander O. Boulton
Levittown: The Buy of the Century	268	(5)
Liva Baker
Desegregating the Schools	273	(12)
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
The Housework Revolution	285	(9)
John A. Meyer
Cigarettes and Cancer	294	(7)
Fergus M. Bordewich
The New Indians	301	(14)
TEXT CREDITS	315	(2)
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS	317