Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 499 p)
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ill., ports
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781442212268
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9781442212275
Content:
In Mark Twain and the Colonel, Philip McFarland tells the story of the rich years of American history between 1890 and 1910 through the fully engaged involvement of two of its most vital participants. The narrative unfolds in six sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the United States of the early twentieth century that continues to matter to this day: America as an imperialist nation, America as a continental nation, America as a racial nation, America as a corporate nation, America at home, and America striving for peace. In this short span of years, the America of the late ninete
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; PART One. WAR; CHAPTER One. Return to America; CHAPTER Two. Celebrity; CHAPTER Three. Vice Presidential Candidate; CHAPTER Four. Warfare; CHAPTER Five. Imperialist America; CHAPTER Six. Anti-Imperialist; CHAPTER Seven. Election Results; CHAPTER Eight. The Strenuous Life; PART Two. WEST; CHAPTER Nine. Rural Upbringing; CHAPTER Ten. Urban Upbringing; CHAPTER Eleven. Clemens Goes West; CHAPTER Twelve. Grand Tours; CHAPTER Thirteen. Western Writings; CHAPTER Fourteen. Continental America; CHAPTER Fifteen. The Philippines; CHAPTER Sixteen. Pan-American Exposition
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PART Three. RACECHAPTER Seventeen. Yale Bicentennial; CHAPTER Eighteen. Racial America; CHAPTER Nineteen. Back to Hannibal; CHAPTER Twenty. Roosevelt and Race; CHAPTER Twenty-One. Livy; CHAPTER Twenty-Two. Huckleberry Finn; CHAPTER Twenty-Three. Roosevelt and the Philippines; CHAPTER Twenty-Four. Placating the South; PART Four. OIL; CHAPTER Twenty-Five. The Kanawha; CHAPTER Twenty-Six. Corporate America; CHAPTER Twenty-Seven. Roosevelt as Reformer; CHAPTER Twenty-Eight. The Gilded Age; CHAPTER Twenty-Nine. Bankruptcy; CHAPTER Thirty. In the White House; CHAPTER Thirty-One. Trustbusting
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CHAPTER Thirty-Two. Our Life Is WreckedPART Five. CHILDREN; CHAPTER Thirty-Three. A Seventieth Birthday; CHAPTER Thirty-Four. Susy; CHAPTER Thirty-Five. America at Home; CHAPTER Thirty-Six. Bully Father; CHAPTER Thirty-Seven. President in His Own Right; CHAPTER Thirty-Eight. Global Visions; CHAPTER Thirty-Nine. Bereft and Adrift; CHAPTER Forty. Young People; PART Six. PEACE; CHAPTER Forty-One. Carnegie; CHAPTER Forty-Two. America at Peace; CHAPTER Forty-Three. Late Pleasures; CHAPTER Forty-Four. TR Steps Down; CHAPTER Forty-Five. Jean; CHAPTER Forty-Six. Funerals
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CHAPTER Forty-Seven. Bull MooseCHAPTER Forty-Eight. Afterward; Chronology; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
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War -- Return to America -- Celebrity -- Vice-presidential candidate -- Warfare -- Imperialist America -- Anti-imperialist -- Election results -- The strenuous life -- West -- Rural upbringing -- Urban upbringing -- Clemens goes west -- Grand tours -- Western writings -- Continental America -- The Philippines -- Pan-American Exposition -- Race -- Yale bicentennial -- Racial America -- Back to Hannibal -- Roosevelt and race -- Livy -- Huckleberry Finn -- Roosevelt and the Philippines -- Placating the South -- Oil -- The Kanawha -- Corporate America -- Roosevelt as reformer -- The Gilded Age -- Bankruptcy -- In the White House -- Trustbusting -- Our life is wrecked -- Children -- A seventieth birthday -- Susy -- America at home -- Bully father -- President in his own right -- Global visions -- Bereft and adrift -- Young people -- Peace -- Carnegie -- America at peace -- Late pleasures -- TR steps down -- Jean -- Funerals -- Bull Moose -- Afterward.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442212282
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442212275
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mark Twain and the Colonel : Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Arrival of a New Century
Language:
English
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