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Way We Were?, The: Explosion of Science and Technology, The
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Way We Were?, The: Explosion of Science and Technology, The

There are remarkable advances in medicine in the postwar years, medical breakthroughs with development of antibiotics like penicillin and vaccines to suppress influenza and polio. The federal government funnels enormous amounts of money into scienti...

Way We Were?, The: Rise of the Modern West
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Way We Were?, The: Rise of the Modern West

Economic growth outpaces population growth by almost ten to one in the years after World War II. The West, in particular, becomes more populous, industrial, rich, and powerful. It is not just the climate that attracts people, it is the jobs created ...

Chaos of Experimentation, A: Launching the New Deal
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Chaos of Experimentation, A: Launching the New Deal

Roosevelt submits an extraordinary number of bills to Congress in the first 100 days of his administration, diverse experiments designed to combat the Depression. FDR's optimism is contagious; he never doubts something will work. He conveys this bel...

Chaos of Experimentation, A: Limits and Legacies of New Deal
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Chaos of Experimentation, A: Limits and Legacies of New Deal

In the 1930s, Roosevelt's principal critics accuse him of abandoning the Constitution and establishing a tyrannical state. Today historians point to problems the New Deal did not resolve and groups it did not represent. In analyzing the three Rs of ...

1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Agricultural Technology and Plight of the Farmer
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1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Agricultural Technology and Plight of the Farmer

Farmers had expanded production rapidly during World War I. Now that the war is over, competition from recovered foreign producers lowers potential returns while costs remain fixed. The decade of the 1920s is difficult for farmers.