Episode 119 - Mr. Harding Goes to Washington and Dies

<p>Despite winning WWI and showing off its power to the rest of the world, the United States limped into 1920. Exhausted by a year of violence at home, a crippling recession, and runaway inflation, voter turned to the Republicans. And Republicans turned to a man that would symbolize the modest aspirations of the age, Warren G. Harding. Despite not lasting long, he'd set the tone for the rest of the decade. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <p> </p> <ol><li>Miller, Nathan New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America Da Capo Press 2003</li> <li>Schlesinger Jr, Arthur M The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-1933 First Mariner Books 1957</li> <li>Kyvig, David E Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 Ivan R. Dee 2002</li> <li>Engerman, Stanley L. and Robert E. Gallman The Cambridge Economic History of the United States Volume III: The Twentieth Century Cambridge University Press 2000</li> <li>Iriye, Akira The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations Volume III: The Globalizing of America, 1913-1945 Cambridge University Press 1993</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at <a href='mailto:peaceintheirtime@gmail.com'>peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</a></p>