Monthly Archives: July 2026

Bibliographic Details Author: Robert H. Wiebe Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1967 (Reprinted frequently) Year: 1967 Thesis Statement Robert H. Wiebe argues that the central drama of American history from 1900 to 1945 was the shift from a decentralized, community-oriented … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: David M. Kennedy Publisher: Oxford University Press Year: 2001 Thesis Statement David M. Kennedy argues that America’s participation in World War I fundamentally and permanently transformed the nation from a decentralized, provincial, and largely agrarian society into … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: James T. Sparrow Publisher: Harvard University Press Year: 2010 (reissued in paperback, 2012) Thesis Statement Sparrow argues that the modern American state was forged not simply through the New Deal, but through a continuous, contested, and often … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Professor Emily A. Hammerton Publisher: Oxford University Press Year: 2018 Thesis Statement Professor Hammerton argues that the first half of the twentieth century witnessed not merely a transformation of America’s economy and international standing, but a fundamental … Continue reading →