Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... took the lead in developing the program once Congress had authorized it , approaching the task with energy and imagination . Always opposed to make - work projects such as leaf raking , Hopkins took the Works Progress Administration ...
... took the lead in developing the program once Congress had authorized it , approaching the task with energy and imagination . Always opposed to make - work projects such as leaf raking , Hopkins took the Works Progress Administration ...
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... took place in Korea , which had been a divided nation since the close of World War II . After the defeat of Japan , American troops had oc- cupied the area south of the 38th parallel and Russian troops the area north of it . Neither ...
... took place in Korea , which had been a divided nation since the close of World War II . After the defeat of Japan , American troops had oc- cupied the area south of the 38th parallel and Russian troops the area north of it . Neither ...
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... took the form of public demon- strations similar to those employed in the civil rights movement . SDS sponsored a March on Washington in the spring of 1965 , and in the fall local demonstrations were carried out across the country under ...
... took the form of public demon- strations similar to those employed in the civil rights movement . SDS sponsored a March on Washington in the spring of 1965 , and in the fall local demonstrations were carried out across the country under ...
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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| Title | Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred Years |
| Author | Paul W. Glad |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2006 |
| ISBN | 0669904074, 9780669904079 |
| Length | 558 pages |
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