Chapters include education, fashion, govt, law, lifestyles, media, and more. America in the 20th Century 1900-1909 is in volume 2. Typical of Marshall Cavendish, this encyclopedic set is accessible and gives easy to use background information for this decade. Covers from art to transportation. The Annals of America Use volumes 12 and 13.
Set contains essays and excepts from important writers and on important topics of the time.
Most valuable for this research. No juries and no prizes were awarded. The City became a subject for the realist movement which was already underway. Artists painted scenes of the less glamourous aspects of modern life. They depicted gritty New York scenery and lower class residents.