The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history. Driven by interdisciplinary scholarship, the thirty-four original chapters underscore the vast range of identities, perspectives and tensions that contributed to the growth and contested meanings of the United States in the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction - Darren Dochuk and Jerald Podair
• 1 The Progressive Era—a Historiographical Survey - Elaine Frantz
• 2 The 1920s—a Historiographical Survey - Jennifer Fronc
• 3 The Great Depression and New Deal—a Historiographical Survey - Mason B. Williams
• 4 World War II—a Historiographical Survey - John McCallum
• 5 The Cold War Era—a Historiographical Survey - Gene Zubovich
• 6 The 1960s—a Historiographical Survey - Doug Rossinow
• 7 The 1970s—a Historiographical Survey - Kirsten Swinth
• 8 The 1980s—a Historiographical Survey - Vincent J. Cannato
• 9 The 1990s—a Historiographical Survey - Mark Thomas Edwards
• 10 Economics and Capitalism—a Historiographical Survey - Sean H. Vanatta
• 11 Intellectual—a Historiographical Survey - Daniel Wickberg
• 12 Politics of Liberalism and Conservatism—a Historiographical Survey - Jennifer Delton
• 13 Social and Cultural—a Historiographical Survey - Stephen R. Duncan
• 14 Labor and Working Class—a Historiographical Survey - Jon Shelton
• 15 Foreign Relations and U.S. in the World—a Historiographical Survey - Kelly J. Shannon
• 16 Legal and Constitutional—a Historiographical Survey - Mary Ziegler
• 17 Environmental—a Historiographical Survey - Bartow J. Elmore
• 18 Women's and Gender—a Historiographical Survey - Abigail Trollinger
• 19 LGBT—a Historiographical Survey - Cookie Woolner
• 20 African Americans and Civil Rights—a Historiographical Survey - Clarence Taylor
• 21 Latino/a History—a Historiographical Survey - Felipe Hinojosa
• 22 Native America—a Historiographical Survey - Sherry L. Smith
• 23 Asian American History—a Historiographical Survey - Cindy I-Fen Cheng
• 24 Immigration and Ethnicity—a Historiographical Survey - Stephanie Hinnershitz
• 25 Metropolitan—a Historiographical Survey - Andrew R. Highsmith
• 26 American West—a Historiographical Survey - John William Nelson
• 27 Border/Lands—a Historiographical Survey - Sheila McManus
• 28 Agricultural and Rural—a Historiographical Survey - Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
• 29 Consumerism and Popular Culture—a Historiographical Survey - Emily A. Remus
• 30 Science, Medicine and Technology—a Historiographical Survey - Myrna Perez Sheldon
• 31 Sport and Leisure—a Historiographical Survey - Travis Vogan
• 32 Disability—a Historiographical Survey - Daniel J. Wilson
• 33 Religious—a Historiographical Survey - Sarah Ruble
• 34 Food and Health—a Historiographical Survey - Benjamin E. Zeller