History 332 (1877 - 1929)
Industrialism, the Progressive Movement, World War I and National Prosperity
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Reference (print)
American Eras – vol. 6 – R 973.8 A5123
American Decades (1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929) – R 973.92 A512
Annals of America – vols. 10-14 (primary sources) – R 973 A613
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era – vols. 1-3 – R 973.8 E564
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: A Student Companion – R 973.8 P4624 g
Historical Dictionary of the 1920s – R 973.91 O523 h
Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era, 1890-1920 – R 973.91 H6734
The Home Front Encyclopedia – vols. 1&3 – R 940.3 H765
Roaring Twenties – R 973.91 S9153
The United States in the First World War – R 940.3 U587
U.S.A. Twenties – vols. 1-6 – R 973.915 U841
World War I: Encyclopedia – R 940.3 E563
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Reference (online)
American National Biography (also in print) – Portraits of more than 17,400 American men and women.
History Database Center – Includes biographies, subject entries, chronologies, primary sources, maps and charts, and images.
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Books/Monographs
The following books are non-reference sources that deal broadly with the subject of United States History 1877 - 1929 (sometimes referred to as overviews):
The Age of Reform; from Bryan to F. D. R. – floor 2 – 973.91 H713 a
America in the Age of the Titans : The Progressive Era and World War I – floor 2 – 973.91 C3384 a
American Reformers, 1870-1920: Progressives in Word and Deed – floor 2M –303.484092 P6627 a
Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920 – floor 2 – 973.89 T7833c
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived...– floor 2 – 973.91 K998 d, 2004
Discontented America – floor 2 – 973.91 G6184 d
A Fierce Discontent – floor 2M – 324.27327 M1454 f
Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 – floor 2 – 973.91 K353 f
Great Times: An Informal Social History of the United States, 1914-1929 – floor 2M – 309.173 F9871 g
Industrial Revolution in America, vols. 1-3 – floor 2M – 330.973 I4262
New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America – floor 2 – 973.91 M6496 n
Over Here: The First World War and American Society – floor 2 – 940.373 K354 o
Pivotal Decades: The United States, 1900-1920 – floor 2 – 973.91 C7773 p
The Progressive Years : America Comes of Age – floor 2M – 309.173 O582 p
Rebellion Against Victorianism: ...Change in 1920s America – floor 2 – 973.915 C6553 r
Standing at Armageddon : United States, 1877-1919 – floor 2 – 973.8 P1485 s
A Sunday Between Wars: The Course of American Life From 1865-1917 – floor 2 – 973.8 M1798 s
A Very Different Age : Americans of the Progressive Era – floor 2 – 973.8 D5836 v
Woodrow Wilson and World War I, 1917-1921 – floor 2 – 940.373 F3834 w
To find other relevant books, do a subject search using specific SUBJECT headings such as:
Labor – United States – History
United States – Social Conditions – 1865 – 1918
United States – Social Conditions – 1918 – 1932
Progressivism (United States Politics)
Industrialists – United States – Biography
World War, 1914-1918
You can also put in names of specific people or events in a keyword search. Pay attention as well to other headings given to books you find on your topic. Also browse the shelf area where you find books on your subject.
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Magazines and Newspapers
Below are magazine and newspaper sources that are available in databases online. An asterisk (*) indicates a database containing primary source material.
* American Periodicals Series Online – More than 1500 American magazines and newspapers published between 1741 and 1940.
JSTOR – Full text of more than 750 journals.
* The Nation Archive – The Nation magazine, 1865 on.
* ProQuest Historical Newspapers – Search the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Defender, Boston Globe, New York Tribune, and Pittsburgh Courier.
* Reader's Guide Retrospective – Indexing only (no full text) for 370 magazines, 1890-1982.
Click here to find if the library has a specific magazine, journal, or newspaper.
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Web Sites
The websites selected here are reliable, relevant sources for researching the subject of United States History 1877 - 1929 and related subjects. An asterisk (*) indicates a site containing primary source material.
* American Leaders Speak – Fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920.
* The American 1890s: A Chronology – Bowling Green University – A detailed look at the issues and personalities that dominated the era. Many primary source excerpts.
* The Evolution of the Conservation Movement 1850 to 1920 – Library of Congress – This site documents the development of the conservation movement and offers a collection of books, pamphlets, federal statutes and resolutions, prints and photographs, a motion picture, and more.
Immigration ... The Changing Face of America – Library of Congress – An introduction to the study of immigration to the United States.
* Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures – The three titles digitized for "Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures" by the Library of Congress represent diverse pictorials published in Sunday pictorial sections by two of the most prominent U.S. newspapers of the day: the New York Times and New York Tribune. The images in this collection track American sentiment about the war in Europe, week by week, before and after U.S. involvement.
* Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921 to 1929 – Library of Congress - Features materials from the 1920s that illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition.
* World War I Document Archive – An important source of links to primary documents, such as treaties and personal recollections.
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