The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America [4 volumes]
byRandall M. Miller is professor of history at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He holds a PhD from Ohio State University and has published more than 20 books and over 80 articles on topics as varied as race and slavery, politics, religion, media culture, urban affairs, immigration and ethnicity, the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, and regional history. He is also the series editor for two Greenwood Press book series: the 26-volume series, Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century, and the 11-volume (to date) series, Major Issues in American History. He is also set editor for the 4-volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America.
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The course of daily life in the United States has been a product of tradition, environment, and circumstance. How did the Civil War alter the lives of women, both white and black, left alone on southern farms? How did the Great Depression change the lives of working class families in eastern cities? How did the discovery of gold in California transform the lives of native American, Hispanic, and white communities in western territories? Organized by time period as spelled out in the National Standards for U.S. History, these four volumes effectively analyze the diverse whole of American experience, examining the domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life of the American people between 1763 and 2005.
Working under the editorial direction of general editor Randall M. Miller, professor of history at St. Joseph's University, a group of expert volume editors carefully integrate material drawn from volumes in Greenwood's highly successful Daily Life Through History series with new material researched and written by themselves and other scholars. The four volumes cover the following periods: The War of Independence and Antebellum Expansion and Reform, 1763-1861, The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Industrialization of America, 1861-1900, The Emergence of Modern America, World War I, and the Great Depression, 1900-1940 and Wartime, Postwar, and Contemporary America, 1940-Present. Each volume includes a selection of primary documents, a timeline of important events during the period, images illustrating the text, and extensive bibliography of further information resources—both print and electronic—and a detailed subject index.
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"This encyclopedia is an absorbing read and a solid reference work for undergraduate and public libraries. Extensive bibliographies make it a useful purchase for schools with graduate programs in American social history. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - Choice"This excellent resource effectively compiles into one product the narrative information on U.S. daily life widely scattered in books, journal articles, and documents. Covering the entire span of American history, the multivolume work is arranged chronologically and within each time period is subdivided into seven thematic sections covering domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life. Although there are internal coverage variations among the four volumes, the parameters of the set are lucidly described in the preface. Attractively designed with an easy-to-read typeface and black-and-white illustrations interspersed throughout, the work contains a helpful, comprehensive index in each volume, unannotated bibliographies, primary documents with web source citations, and some sidebars and brief appendixes." - Library Journal"Carefully compiled and clearly organized, this 4-volume reference offers students and the general reader a thorough overview of the various parts of daily life in America from its founding through 2005." - Reference & Research Book News"Organized chronologically, each of the four volumes covers a different period in America's history, providing insight on how the events of these periods shaped the day-to-day lives of its citizens. . . . Although there are other encyclopedias on American social history, there are none as extensive in coverage or, even more importantly, as current as The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America. This reference resource is a much-needed addition to academic and large public libraries." - Booklist
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America [4 volumes]
Contributors: Miller, Randall;Abstract:The course of daily life in the United States has been a product of tradition, environment, and circumstance. How did the Civil War alter the lives of women, both white and black, left alone on southern farms? How did the Great Depression change the lives of working class families in eastern cities? How did the discovery of gold in California transform the lives of native American, Hispanic, and white communities in western territories? Organized by time period as spelled out in the National Standards for U.S. History, these four volumes effectively analyze the diverse whole of American experience, examining the domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life of the American people between 1763 and 2005.
Working under the editorial direction of general editor Randall M. Miller, professor of history at St. Joseph's University, a group of expert volume editors carefully integrate material drawn from volumes in Greenwood's highly successful Daily Life Through History series with new material researched and written by themselves and other scholars. The four volumes cover the following periods: The War of Independence and Antebellum Expansion and Reform, 1763-1861, The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Industrialization of America, 1861-1900, The Emergence of Modern America, World War I, and the Great Depression, 1900-1940 and Wartime, Postwar, and Contemporary America, 1940-Present. Each volume includes a selection of primary documents, a timeline of important events during the period, images illustrating the text, and extensive bibliography of further information resources—both print and electronic—and a detailed subject index.
Editor(s): Miller, Randall;SortTitle: greenwood encyclopedia of daily life in america [4 volumes]Author Info:Randall M. Miller Ph.D.editorRandall M. Miller is professor of history at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He holds a PhD from Ohio State University and has published more than 20 books and over 80 articles on topics as varied as race and slavery, politics, religion, media culture, urban affairs, immigration and ethnicity, the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, and regional history. He is also the series editor for two Greenwood Press book series: the 26-volume series, Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century, and the 11-volume (to date) series, Major Issues in American History. He is also set editor for the 4-volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America.
eISBN-13: 9780313065361Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9780313065361.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313336997Entry Code: EGR3699Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 2664Publication Date: 20081230Series: Daily LifeTable of Contents pages: 1 2 3
- Volume 3 Vol3:iii1,480
- Contents Vol3:vii1,484
- Tour Guide: A Preface for Users Vol3:xi1,488
- Volume Editor's Preface Vol3:xxi1,498
- Chronology: 1900–1945 Vol3:xxiii1,500
- 1. Historical Overview: The United States, 1900–1940 Vol3:11,524
- The Progressive Age and Theodore Roosevelt Vol3:11,524
- The Era of Theodore Roosevelt Vol3:41,527
- Woodrow Wilson's Domestic Policy Vol3:61,529
- Overseas Expansion and the Mexican Revolution Vol3:71,530
- World War I Vol3:91,532
- The Roaring Twenties Vol3:191,542
- The Great Depression and the New Deal Vol3:281,551
- The Coming of World War II Vol3:361,559
- 2. The Northeast Vol3:411,564
- 3. The Middle Atlantic States Vol3:1111,634
- 4. The South Vol3:2071,730
- 5. The Midwest Vol3:2791,802
- 6. The Southwest and Rocky Mountain West Vol3:3511,874
- 7. The Pacific West Vol3:4011,924
- Primary Documents Vol3:4731,996
- 1. President Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (December 6, 1904) Vol3:4731,996
- 2. President Theodore Roosevelt's Muckraker Speech—"The Man with the Muck Rake" (April 15, 1906) Vol3:4772,000
- 3. The New York Sun Describes the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (April 19, 1906) Vol3:4822,005
- 4. Pure Food and Drug Act (June 30, 1906) Vol3:4852,008
- 5. Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—"The Income Tax Amendment" (ratified February 3, 1913) Vol3:4902,013
- 6. President Woodrow Wilson's First Inauguration Address (March 4, 1913) Vol3:4912,014
- 7. President Woodrow Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality (August 19, 1914) Vol3:4942,017
- 8. German Warning of Submarine Attacks on British Ships (May 2, 1915) Vol3:4952,018
- 9. Zimmerman Note (January 16, 1917) Vol3:4962,019
- 10. President Woodrow Wilson's War Message to Congress (April 2, 1917) Vol3:4962,019
- 11. Civil Liberties during World War I—The Espionage Act (June 15, 1917) Vol3:5022,025
- 12. Conscientious Objection—One Objector's Story Vol3:5032,026
- 13. President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (January 8, 1918) Vol3:5042,027
- 14. Women's Right to Vote—The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (ratified August 18, 1920) Vol3:5092,032
- 15. Prohibition Enforcement (January 26, 1922) Vol3:5102,033
- 16. Immigration Act of 1924 (May 26, 1924) Vol3:5102,033
- 17. Florida Hurricane of 1926 (September 19, 1926) Vol3:5152,038
- 18. Poverty in the Prosperous 1920s—Case Studies of Unemployed Workers I Vol3:5162,039
- 19. Poverty in the Prosperous 1920s—Case Studies of Unemployed Workers II Vol3:5192,042
- 20. Boulder Dam Project—Transcript of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (December 21, 1928) Vol3:5212,044
- 21. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933) Vol3:5312,054
- 22. Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat (March 12, 1933) Vol3:5352,058
- 23. Another Fireside Chat—Goals of the First New Deal (May 7, 1933) Vol3:5392,062
- 24. Repeal of Prohibition—The Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (ratified December 5, 1933) Vol3:5442,067
- 25. Ending the All-White Primary—Grovey v. Townsend (April 1, 1935) Vol3:5452,068
- 26. Insuring the Future—The Social Security Act (August 14, 1935) Vol3:5502,073
- 27. Young and Out of Work during the Depression—The WPA Writer's Project I Vol3:5522,075
- 28. The American Middle Class in the Depression—The WPA Writers' Project II Vol3:5542,077
- 29. Recovery in Washington, D.C.—The WPA Writer's Project III Vol3:5592,082
- 30. Women in the Depression—The WPA Writer's Project IV Vol3:5612,084
- 31. President Franklin Roosevelt's "Quarantine the Enemy" Speech (October 5, 1937) Vol3:5652,088
- 32. Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chat—"The Arsenal of Democracy" (December 29, 1940) Vol3:5692,092
- 33. President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech (January 6, 1941) Vol3:5762,099
- 34. President Franklin Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech (December 8, 1941) Vol3:5822,105
- Appendices Vol3:5852,108
- Appendix 1: Population of the United States by Decade, 1900–1940 Vol3:5852,108
- Appendix 2: Presidents of the United States, 1900–1945 Vol3:5852,108
- Appendix 3: Vice Presidents of the United States, 1900–1940s Vol3:5862,109
- Appendix 4: Secretaries of State of the United States, 1900–1940s Vol3:5872,110
- Appendix 5: Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1900–1940s Vol3:5872,110
- Bibliography Vol3:5892,112
- Cumulative Index Vol3:5992,122
- A Vol3:5992,122
- B Vol3:6012,124
- C Vol3:6032,126
- D Vol3:6072,130
- E Vol3:6082,131
- F Vol3:6102,133
- G Vol3:6122,135
- H Vol3:6132,136
- I Vol3:6152,138
- J Vol3:6162,139
- K Vol3:6172,140
- L Vol3:6172,140
- M Vol3:6192,142
- N Vol3:6222,145
- O Vol3:6232,146
- P Vol3:6242,147
- Q Vol3:6262,149
- R Vol3:6262,149
- S Vol3:6282,151
- T Vol3:6322,155
- U Vol3:6332,156
- V Vol3:6342,157
- W Vol3:6342,157
- Y Vol3:6372,160
- Z Vol3:6372,160
- Editors Vol3:6392,162
- Volume 4 Vol4:iii2,166
- Contents Vol4:vii2,170
- Tour Guide: A Preface for Users Vol4:xi2,174
- Acknowledgments Vol4:xxi2,184
- 1. Introduction and Historical Overview Vol4:12,186
- 2. Daily Life in the United States, 1940–1959 Vol4:232,208
- 3. Daily Life in the United States, 1960–1990 Vol4:1272,312
- 4. Daily Life in the United States, 1991–2005 Vol4:2612,446
- Primary Documents Vol4:3512,536
- 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address to the Nation Following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 8, 1941) Vol4:3512,536
- 2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat Concerning the Coal Crisis (May 2, 1943) Vol4:3522,537
- 3. General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day for D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy (June 6, 1944) Vol4:3572,542
- 4. Secretary of State George C. Marshall Describes the Marshall Plan (June 5, 1947) Vol4:3572,542
- 5. Senator Margaret Chase Smith's Declaration of Conscience (June 1, 1950) Vol4:3592,544
- 6. William Faulkner Accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature (September 10, 1950) Vol4:3622,547
- 7. U.S. Supreme Court's Landmark Ruling on Desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education (May 17, 1954) Vol4:3632,548
- 8. President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961) Vol4:3662,551
- 9. Federal Communication Commission Chairman Newton Minnow Declares Television a "Vast Wasteland" (May 9, 1961) Vol4:3692,554
- 10. Robert Moses's "Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cell" (July 15, 1961) Vol4:3762,561
- 11. George C. Wallace's Inaugural Address as Governor of Alabama (January 14, 1963) Vol4:3772,562
- 12. Madalyn Murray O'Hair's Essay "The Battle Is Joined" (June 10, 1963) Vol4:3792,564
- 13. President John F. Kennedy's Address on Civil Rights (June 11, 1963) Vol4:3812,566
- 14. Civil Rights Act (July 2, 1964) Vol4:3832,568
- 15. President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise" (March 15, 1965) Vol4:3852,570
- 16. Voting Rights Act of 1965 (August 6, 1965) Vol4:3872,572
- 17. Excerpt from Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (June 23, 1972) Vol4:3932,578
- 18. Excerpt from the Supreme Court's Decision on Abortion Rights in Roe v. Wade (January 22, 1973) Vol4:3952,580
- 19. President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate (June 12, 1987) Vol4:3962,581
- 20. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Treaty (January 1, 1994) Vol4:4002,585
- 21. President George W. Bush's 9/11 Address to the Nation (September 11, 2001) Vol4:4032,588
- 22. Pope John Paul II's Speech to 12 U.S. Cardinals on the Sex Abuse Scandal in the American Catholic Church (April 23, 2002) Vol4:4042,589