Bibliograph

America between the Civil War and the 20th century, 1865 to 1900, edited by Jeff Wallenfeldt

Type

Label

America between the Civil War and the 20th century, 1865 to 1900, edited by Jeff Wallenfeldt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

America between the Civil War and the 20th century, 1865 to 1900

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

767719949

Responsibility statement

edited by Jeff Wallenfeldt

Series statement

Documenting America : the primary source documents of a nation

Summary

This look at American history between the Civil War and 20th century includes firsthand accounts that reveal the prevailing ideologies of the time and shed light on significant people and events. --from publisher description

Table Of Contents

Growth of the country -- The west -- The growth of industry -- Labour -- National politics -- The Rutherford B. Hayes administration -- The administrations of James . Garfield and Chester A. Arthur -- Grover Cleveland's first term -- The Benjamin Harrison administration -- From Cleveland to economic recovery -- Conclusion -- Appendices (documents). Appendices (documents). Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) -- The promise of Alaska (1869) / William H. Seward -- Silver in Nevada (1869) / Henry Eno -- The disillusioned Indian (1879) / Chief Joseph -- The picture lover and the picture buyer (1886) / Andrew Carnegie -- Monopoly and social control (1884) / Henry Demarest Lloyd -- The Kights [Knights] of Labor (1878) -- The Pullman Strike and boycott: Statement of the strikers ; Statement of the company -- The laborer's right to life (1894) / Samuel Gompers -- The declining prestige of the presidential office (1885) / Woodrow Wilson -- Wealth in the hands of the few (1886-87) / Rutherford B. Hayes -- Surplus revenues and the tariff (1887) / Grover Cleveland -- The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) -- The Oklahoma land rush (1889) / Hamilton S. Wicks -- The rise of the farmer organizations (1891): The Grange ; The Farmers' Alliance ; National Farmers' Alliance ; Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association ; The Kansas movement ; The Cincinnati conference / William A. Peffer -- Against free coinage of silver (1895) / James Laurence Laughlin -- Business depression and public works (1894): The bill ... to build good roads ... ; The noninterest bearing bond bill ... / Jacob S. Coxey -- The cross of gold (1896) / William Jennings Bryan

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