Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... result of measures that expanded the influence of the general electorate . Such a government would function in the common interest of all citizens rather than in the special interests of particular groups . One way to understand the ...
... result of measures that expanded the influence of the general electorate . Such a government would function in the common interest of all citizens rather than in the special interests of particular groups . One way to understand the ...
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... result of practical common sense and experimentation than a consequence of theoretical training in the sciences . Men such as Thomas A. Edison , Henry Ford , and the Wright brothers carried the momentum of technical progress into the ...
... result of practical common sense and experimentation than a consequence of theoretical training in the sciences . Men such as Thomas A. Edison , Henry Ford , and the Wright brothers carried the momentum of technical progress into the ...
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... result far different from the results of the 1948 campaign . Eisenhower easily defeated Adlai Stevenson , former Democratic governor of Illinois . Americans , trusting that the Allied commander of World War II would now somehow make ...
... result far different from the results of the 1948 campaign . Eisenhower easily defeated Adlai Stevenson , former Democratic governor of Illinois . Americans , trusting that the Allied commander of World War II would now somehow make ...
Contents
Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
MAPS | 21 |
American Society at the End of an Era | 34 |
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