Author Archives: the_starry_messenger

The Clash of Civilizations: America in the First World War Bibliographic Details Author: A. Scott Berg (or alternatively, for a more strictly academic monograph: The First World War and American Democracy by David M. Kennedy, though here we focus on … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Richard Hofstadter Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Year: 1955 Thesis Statement Hofstadter argues that the Populist and Progressive movements—spanning the period from the 1890s through the 1930s—were not merely rational responses to industrial capitalism, but were deeply rooted … Continue reading →

Bibliographic Details Author: Lizabeth CohenPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 1990 Thesis Statement In Making a New Deal, Lizabeth Cohen profoundly reinterprets the origins and nature of the New Deal by demonstrating how its transformative power emerged from the intricate interplay between … Continue reading →

David M. Kennedy. Oxford University Press, 1999. Thesis Statement Kennedy argues that the Great Depression and World War II were the two most transformative events in 20th-century American history, fundamentally reshaping the nation’s political economy, social contract, and global role, … Continue reading →