Bücher von Steven L. Piott

Relying on secondary sources, magazine and newspaper articles, and personal accounts from those involved, this volume captures some of the sensational true stories that took place in the western United States during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century. The theme that runs through each of the stories is the general contempt for the law that seemed to pervade the culture at the time and the consuming desire to acquire wealth at any cost-what Geoffrey C. Ward has called "the disposition to be rich."

Explores the lives of twelve influential American reformers placed in the historical context of the Gilded Age, Populist, and Progressive eras. From Ida B Wells to Louis Brandeis, Jane Adams to Charles Macune, this book examines the ideas and approaches that characterized this dynamic period in American history.

This volume reveals the everyday actions of individuals and their reflections on their lives during the 1920s.The Jazz Age was a tumultuous time for Americans as they attempted to come to terms with "modernity." Daily Life in Jazz Age America tells the story of how all Americans-blacks and whites, women and men, workers, employers, consumers, and activists-contended with new cultural attitudes as well as persistent racial, ethnic, and class tensions.The book provides a broad examination of American society during the 1920s. Organized thematically, it covers rural and urban America; the changing nature of gender relationships; race relations; popular culture; the rise of mass spectator sports; and religion. Appropriate for general readers and students of history, Daily Life in Jazz Age America provides an informed and compelling narrative history and analysis of daily life within the context of broad historical change.