03715cam a2200589 4500 553668598 TxAuBib 20220413120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781504037501 1504037502 B01EW5P5U8 Amazon 576bcfab-38dd-4228-86c7-3329b213ad7e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2697476 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Allen, Frederick Lewis. The Big Change [Libby] : America Transforms Itself, 1900–1950. Open Road Media, 2016. us history. Mass production. american history. American culture. WWII. the great depression. 20th century History. Sociology. modern history. political science. American society. ford foundation. progressive movement. american social history. 1900-1950. Automobile revolution. Harper's Magazine. magazine editor. magazine editor-in-chief. social history:. US labor history. US social history. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1405kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 697kB. History. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>The <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling history of the first half of the twentieth century—five decades that transformed America—from the author of <i>Only Yesterday</i>.</b><br /> <br /> During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, the United States saw two world wars, a devastating economic depression, and more social, political, and economic changes than in any other five-decade period before. Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor of <i>Harper's</i> magazine, recounts these years—spanning World War I, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War—in vivid detail, from the fashions and customs of the times to major events that changed the course of history.<br /> <br /> Politically, the United States grew into its own as a global superpower during these years, even as domestic developments altered the everyday lives of its citizens. The introduction of the automobile, mass production, and organized labor changed the way Americans lived and worked, while innovations like penicillin and government regulation of food safety contributed to an increase in average life expectancy from forty-nine years in 1900 to sixty-eight years in 1950. With the development of a strong, centralized government, a thriving middle class, and widespread economic prosperity, the nation emerged from the Second World War transformed in virtually every way.<br /> <br /> Richly informative and delightfully readable, <i>The Big Change</i> is an indispensable volume charting the many changes that ushered in our contemporary age.<br />. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-04-13 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=576bcfab-38dd-4228-86c7-3329b213ad7e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=576bcfab-38dd-4228-86c7-3329b213ad7e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=576bcfab-38dd-4228-86c7-3329b213ad7e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)