- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (25 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0748620370
- ISBN-13: 978-0748620371
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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It is obvious that Palmer has done extensive research on, and has a great passion for his subject. His writing style is very readable; high school seniors could follow his thesis while undergraduate and graduate students could appreciate such a work as the foundation for further research on the topic. -- Dr Nancy J. Duke, Louisiana College The concision and clarity of the narrative should make this important book invaluable to scholars and studaents alike. -- James fountain, University of Glasgow American Studies Today It is obvious that Palmer has done extensive research on, and has a great passion for his subject. His writing style is very readable; high school seniors could follow his thesis while undergraduate and graduate students could appreciate such a work as the foundation for further research on the topic. The concision and clarity of the narrative should make this important book invaluable to scholars and studaents alike.
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This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade. Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. It suggests Harding's executive style and achievements were not as poor as traditional portraits have claimed. Coolidge is presented in terms of his largely successful efforts to distance himself from the financial scandals associated with his predecessor and his encouragement of the major revival of much of the US economy. The author argues that the pace of social and technological change resulted in lines of conflict over poverty, race, religion and employment rights being redrawn as living standards rose, home and working conditions changed and old prejudices were challenged. Consequently, politicians found that old solutions became increasingly irrelevant to new realities. The narrative is placed in the familiar context of the Twenties: the motor car, jazz, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hollywood, mass consumerism and the flapper. Key Features *The only balanced overview of the history and politics of America in the 1920s *Revises the traditional views of the Presidencies of Harding and Coolidge *Places the politics in its social and cultural context
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A sharp-eyed survey,
By Sverdlov "Jokerman" (Cromer, Norfolk, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Twenties in America: Politics and History (British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks) (Paperback)
Palmer's take on Harding and Coolidge is original and refreshing. Good to see Coolidge getting the write-up he deserves: he always gets off lightly as writers rush to condemn Harding (for other people's actions) and Hoover (for not being Roosevelt). Palmer also effortlessly folds in the rich cultural ferment of the 1920s and gives a good answer to the key question of the 1920s - how come a decade of such cultural radicalism produced such conservative politics? Very useful for students, the general reader and anyone fascinated by this crucial decade. And Aimee Semple MacPherson.
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