Monthly Archives: September 2026

Bibliographic Details Author: Matthew Bowman Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Year: 2022 Series: Politics and Culture in Modern America Thesis Statement Matthew Bowman argues that American progressive politics from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal and beyond cannot … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: John Morton Blum Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Year: 1976 Awards: Finalist, National Book Award; Winner of the Bancroft Prize (1977) Thesis Statement Blum argues that World War II was not merely a military conflict but a profound … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Robert O. Self Publisher: Princeton University Press Year: 2003 Thesis Statement Robert O. Self argues that the postwar transformation of Oakland, California—from a thriving industrial city with a strong unionized working class to a deindustrialized metropolis fractured … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: John Morton Blum Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Year: 1976 Pages: 372 Awards: National Book Award Finalist; Bancroft Prize Finalist Thesis Statement John Morton Blum argues that World War II did not produce a fundamental reordering of American … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: David Sehat Publisher: Oxford University Press Year: 2023 Series: Oxford Studies in American History Thesis Statement David Sehat argues that the political divide in modern America is not between a secular Left and a religious Right, but … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Matthew Bowman Publisher: Princeton University Press Year: 2019 Thesis Statement Matthew Bowman argues that the progressive political movement in the United States between 1900 and 1945 was not a secular project but was fundamentally rooted in religious … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Gary Gerstle Publisher: Princeton University Press Year: 2001 (with subsequent editions and reprints) Thesis Statement Gary Gerstle argues that American national identity in the twentieth century was forged through a persistent and often volatile tension between two … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: David A. Hollinger Publisher: Princeton University Press Year: 2022 Series: Politics and Society in Modern America Pages: 328 Thesis Statement David A. Hollinger argues that the progressive political tradition in the United States between 1900 and 1945 … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Robert O. Self Publisher: Princeton University Press Year: 2003 Thesis Statement Robert O. Self argues that the postwar urban crisis in Oakland, California, was not a natural or inevitable consequence of deindustrialization, white flight, or federal policy … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: William K. Klingaman Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Year: 2008 Genre: Narrative social history of the American home front during World War II Thesis Statement William K. Klingaman argues that 1943–1944 was not simply a triumphant prelude to … Continue reading →