The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s
- ISBN-10
- 0394351169
- ISBN-13
- 9780394351162
- Series
- The American Century
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 591
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Authors
- Nancy Woloch, Walter LaFeber, Richard Polenberg
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... James Timberlake , Prohibition and the Progressive Movement , 1900–1920 ( 1963 ) ; Thomas Kessner , The Golden ... Also useful are John M. Blum , The Republican Roosevelt ( 1954 ) , and William H. Harbaugh , The Life and Times of ...
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