The American century [electronic resource] : a history of the United States since the 1890s / Walter LaFeber, Richard Polenberg, and Nancy Woloch.

"First published 2013 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page I) and index.

ch. 1. 1890s : the beginnings of modern America -- ch. 2. 1900-1917 : the Progressive Era -- ch. 3. 1900-1917 : a progressive foreign policy, from peace to war -- ch. 4. 1917-1920 : the failure of World War I -- ch. 5. 1920-1929 : the new era -- ch. 6. 1929-1936 : the Depression and the new deal -- ch. 7. 1933-1941 : hard times, politics and society -- ch. 8. 1929-1941 : the big breakdown, the United States and the world -- ch. 9. 1941-1947 : ward and peace -- ch. 10. 1941-1947 : one world into two -- ch. 11. 1947-1952 : the America of the Cold War -- ch. 12. 1952-1957 : Eisenhower and the American consensus -- ch. 13. 1957-1963 : new frontiers at home and abroad -- ch. 14. 1963-1968 : the great society and Vietnam -- ch. 15. 1969-1975 : the imperial presidency and Watergate -- ch. 16. 1976-1984 : new directions -- ch. 17. 1985-1992 : the end of the Cold War -- ch. 18. 1993-2000 : the road to the twenty-first century -- ch. 19. 9/11 : causes and consequences -- ch. 20. 2007-2012 : Obama, "America is a place where all things are possible" (sometimes).