On the Edge: A History of America from 1890 to 1945

Begins with the closing of the continental frontier and U.S. expansion overseas of the 1890s. Covers WWI and internationalism, consumerism and the cultural conflicts of the 1920s, the Depression and the New Deal, the strategic and domestic significance of WWII (Also available: On The Edge: A History of America since World War II, and a combined volume, On The Edge: A New History of America in the Twentieth Century). See combined volume description below.