![]() ![]() Politically, the United States grew into its own as a global superpower during these years, even as domestic developments altered the everyday lives of its citizens. Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor of Harper's magazine, recounts these years-spanning World War I, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War-in vivid detail, from the fashions and customs of the times to major events that changed the course of history. ![]() During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, the United States saw two world wars, a devastating economic depression, and more social, political, and economic changes than in any other five-decade period before. The New York Times-bestselling history of the first half of the twentieth century-five decades that transformed America-from the author of Only Yesterday. ![]()
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