The Best and Worst of Times.
The automobile assembly line, new atomic theories, Einstein's general theory of relativity, advances in radio technology, and continuing developments in the social scienc...
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The Progressive Spirit.
The progressive movement in politics provided a keynote for a dominant voice in American religion in the early years of the twentieth century. Much of the country's white, mid...
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Business and Taste.
In the second decade of the twentieth century, newspaper and magazine publishing decisively left behind the era of personal journalism and became big business. The 1910s witnessed...
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In the Throes of Change.
The decade of the 1910s was not an especially formative period in American law; it was, however, a period that witnessed significant transitions in perspective, both inside a...
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Modern Styles for Fast-Paced Lives.
By the second decade of the twentieth century Americans had become more active than they had been in the previous century, both on the job and off. The fashions of...
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Americans Develop Original Theory.
Democracy and Education.
One of the most significant educational events of the era was the publication in 1916 of John Dewey's "epoch-making" volume Demo...
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Great Change.
The decade of the 1910s was the age of the great industrialist and financier, the trust-builder and the tycoon. The decade was also the age of the manager and the engineer. From the sho...
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"The Little Renaissance."
In the second decade of the twentieth century, the American arts experienced what historians call "The Little Renaissance," a period of awakening among p...
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The Tumultuous Teens.
As the United States entered the second decade of the twentieth century, Americans found themselves in the midst of sweeping economic, political, and cultural changes. The Unite...
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America 1910-1919: Science and Technology