1865-1918

A collection of writings in which various authors discuss what life was like in the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century.

A brief history of the turn-of-the-century American confectionery and its customers who came to purchase handmade ice creams and candies.

Urged at the age of eighteen to marry a man she doesn't want, Nell delays the event by working on a quilt, slowly starving herself, and observing the unhappy lot of many women in turn-of-the century Massachusetts before arriving at a decision to rescue herself from the brink of death and take charge of her life.

A short study of the platforms and policies of America's reform leaders including William Jennings Bryan, Susan B. Anthony, and Eugene Debs during the early twentieth century.

Describes American popular culture in the 1900s, covering such aspects as advertising, architecture, food, leisure, music, and travel, and listing the prices of several products.

Nell wants to go to college, but her parents are forcing her to marry her cousin. Would she rather die?.

A history of the 1905 assassination of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg, focusing on the ensuing trial of Bill Haywood and two other members of the Western Federation of Miners and highlighting the trial's impact on social conflict in turn-of-the-century America.

Chronicles popular culture and historical events during the second decade of the twentieth century, showing how Americans of various social and economic strata lived.

Chronicles popular culture and historical events during the first decade of the 20th century, showing how Americans of various social and economic strata lived.