1920 : The Year of the Six Presidents
Overview
The presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson's League of Nations and Harding's front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America. Women won the vote. Republicans outspent Democrats by 4 to 1, as voters witnessed the first extensive newsreel coverage, modern campaign advertising, and results broadcast on radio. America had become an urban nation: Automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit transformed the economy. 1920 paints a vivid portrait of America, beset by the Red Scare, jailed dissidents, Prohibition, smoke-filled rooms, bomb-throwing terrorists, and the Klan, gingerly crossing modernity's threshold.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780786721023
- ISBN-10: 0786721022
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: April 2008
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.16 x 1.61 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.61 pounds
- Page Count: 592
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