num_pages: 644
description: This second edition of the second volume of Wish's wide-ranging social &amp; intellectual history of the U.S. picks up where the first volume ended, in 1865 and the immediate post-Civil War era, and carries through to 1961 and the Cold War.A sample of chapter titles indicates the scope, thematic organization, and conceptual scheme of the book:Ch. 2: The New South: Hampton and the Bourbon Era (1876-1890)Ch. 5: The Urban Impact on Rural Life: Hamlin Garland and Edward EgglestonCh. 7: Urbanism and the Church: From Beecher to Rauschenbusch (1865-1917)Ch. 9: The Labor Movement from Wendell Phillips to Samuel Gompers (1865-1917)Ch. 13: Darwinism, Pragmatism, and Scientific Determinism: Era of William JamesCh. 16: Toward Realism in the Arts: Louis Sullivan and Winslow Homer (1865-1917)Ch. 19: A Business Civilization: Era of Henry Ford (1919-1929)Ch. 20: The Lost Generation, Conservative Individualism, and H.L. Mencken (1919-1929)Ch. 22: The Impact of Depression and War upon Education and Recreation: Dewey and Counts (1929-1945)Ch. 24: The Cold War and the New Conservatism: Henry Ford II and Russell Kirk (1945-1961).
language: English
title: Society and Thought in Modern America: A Social and Intellectual History of the American People from 1865
publisher: David McKay Company, Inc.