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Tables of Contents for American Experiences
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Part One Reconstruction and the West
2
22
ALLEN W. TRELEASE
1 The Knights of the Rising Sun
4
11
DEE BROWN
2 Day of the Longhorns
15
9
Part Two The Gilded Age
24
44
JAMES W. CLARKE
3 American Assassin: Charles J. Guiteau
26
12
HENRY M. LITTLEFIELD
4 The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism
38
9
KATHRYN ALLAMONG JACOB
5 She Couldn't Have Done It, Even If She Did
47
11
PETER STEVENS
MARIAN EIDE
6 The First Chapter of Children's Rights
58
10
Part Three War and Peace in a New Century
68
50
ROBERT J. MADDOX
7 Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
70
8
UPTON SINCLAIR
8 Living and Dying in Packingtown, Chicago from The Jungle
78
11
BONNIE MITELMAN
9 Rose Schneiderman and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
89
9
RANDY ROBERTS
10 Jack Johnson Wins the Heavyweight Championship
98
10
PAUL FUSSEL
11 The Trench Scene
108
10
Part Four Heroes and Society in the 1920s
118
46
FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN
12 The Revolution in Manners and Morals
120
9
RODERICK NASH
13 The Mood of the People
129
12
DEAN SMITH
14 The Black Sox Scandal
141
9
MARK HALLER
15 Organized Crime in Urban Society: Chicago in the Twentieth Century
150
14
Part Five Depression and War
164
60
BERNARD ASBELL
16 F.D.R.'s Extra Burden
166
8
DONALD WORSTER
17 The Black Blizzards Roll In
174
9
EDWARD OXFORD
18 Night of the Martians
183
12
ROGER J. SPILLER
19 My Guns: A Memoir of the Second World War
195
10
RANDY ROBERTS
20 John Wayne Goes to War
205
19
Part Six America in the Age of Anxiety: 1945-1960
224
46
ERNEST SHARPE, JR
21 The Man Who Changed His Skin
226
11
H.H. WUBBEN
22 American Prisoners of War in Korea: A Second Look at the "Something New in History" Theme
237
11
RICHARD S. TEDLOW
23 Intellect on Television: The Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s
248
11
STUART SAMUELS
24 The Age of Conspiracy and Conformity: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
259
11
Part Seven Coming Apart: 1960-1990
270
69
DAVID BURNER
THOMAS R. WEST
25 Kennedy Liberalism
272
13
BRADFORD WRIGHT
26 Vietnam in the Comic Books
285
18
GREIL MARCUS
27 The Elvis Presley Phenomenon
303
9
MATTHEW DALLEK
28 Liberalism Overthrown
312
12
RANDY ROBERTS
JAMES S. OLSON
29 Perfect Bodies, Eternal Youth: The Obsession of Modern America
324
15
Photo Credits
339