Standing At Armageddon

by Painter,Nell Irvin

• ISBN13: 9780393331929
• ISBN10: 039333192X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780393076288
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-17
• Publisher: 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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