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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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150600 |
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digital rda |
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audio file rda |
| Contents |
Tears of joy -- Place a gun upon his shoulder -- The Cardinal goes to war -- Enchanted by her beauty -- Those who stand in our way -- Soldiers of darkness -- Shoot my brother down -- A dangerous woman -- The water cure -- Nobody can say we aren't loyal now -- Cut, shuffle, and deal -- Cheerleaders -- Peace? -- Another savior come to earth -- World on fire -- Sly and crafty eyes -- On the great deep -- I am not in condition to go on -- In a tugboat kitchen -- Men like these would rule you -- Seeing red -- A little man, cool but fiery -- Policeman and detective -- Aftermath. |
| Summary |
From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a groundbreaking reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threated by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor "A riveting, resonant account of the fragility of freedom."?Kirkus, STARRED review The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced?in one notable case, only in private. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands of citizens' arrests. Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. When the government stepped in, it was often to fan the flames. This was America during and after the Great War: a brief but appalling era blighted by lynchings, censorship, and the sadistic, sometimes fatal abuse of conscientious objectors in military prisons?a time whose toxic currents of racism, nativism, red-baiting, and contempt for the rule of law then flowed directly through the intervening decades to poison our own. It was a tumultuous period defined by a diverse and colorful cast of characters, some of whom fueled the injustice while others fought against it: from the sphinxlike Woodrow Wilson, to the fiery antiwar advocates Kate Richards O'Hare and Emma Goldman, to labor champion Eugene Debs, to a little-known but ambitious bureaucrat named J. Edgar Hoover, and to an outspoken leftwing agitator?who was in fact Hoover's star undercover agent. It is a time that we have mostly forgotten about, until now. In American Midnight, award-winning historian Adam Hochschild brings alive the horrifying yet inspiring four years following the U.S. entry into the First World War, spotlighting forgotten repression while celebrating an unforgettable set of Americans who strove to fix their fractured country?and showing how their struggles still guide us today. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Read by Jonathan Todd Ross. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Political violence -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- History -- 1913-1921.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
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Audiobooks.
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Ross, Jonathan Todd, narrator.
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| Added Title |
Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Hochschild, Adam. American midnight [New York] : HarperAudio, [2022] 9798212036177 |
| ISBN |
9780063274488 |
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0063274485 |
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