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Making America, A History of the United States
Making America, Third Edition
Carol Berkin, Baruch College, City University of New York
Christopher L. Miller, The University of Texas, Pan American
Robert W. Cherny, San Francisco State University
James L. Gormly, Washington and Jefferson College
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Chapter 20: Economic Crash and Political Upheaval, 1890-1900
Lewis Gould. The Presidency of William McKinley
(1980).
Perhaps the most significant contribution to historians’
understanding of McKinley's presidency.
Louis R. Harlan. Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader
(1972).
A detailed biography of the author of the "Atlanta
Compromise" speech.
Walter LaFeber. The New Empire: An Interpretation
of American Expansion, 1860–1898 (1963).
A classic treatment emphasizing the notion
of a commercial empire.
Richard Schneirov, Shelton Stromquist, and
Nick Salvatore, eds. The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s (1999).
A series of essays that examine labor and politics
during the 1890s, focusing on the events and significance of the Pullman strike.
Kathryn Kish Sklar. Florence Kelley and
the Nation's Work: The Rise of Women's Political Culture, 1830-1900 (1995).
Kelley worked with Jane Addams at Hull House
in the 1890s; Sklar presents her biography in the larger context of women's
involvement with politics throughout much of the nineteenth century.
Robert C. McMath. Jr. American Populism: A Social History, 1877–1898
(1993).
A recent, brief introduction to Populism.
R. Hal Williams. Years of Decision: American
Politics in the 1890s (1978).
A concise survey of national politics, strongest
on congressional decision-making.
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