Top 10 Best "1912" Books

1912

James Chace

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Four Hats in the Ring

Lewis L. Gould

1912

Four Hats in the Ring

Imagine a presidential election with four well-qualified and distinguished candidates and a serious debate over the future of the nation! Sound impossible in this era of attack ads and strident partisanship? It happened nearly a century ago in 1912, when incumbent Republican William Howard Taft, former president Theodore Roosevelt running as the Progressive Party candidate, Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs all spoke to major concerns of the American people and changed the landscape of national politics in the bargain.



The presidential election of 1912 saw a third-party candidate finish second in both popular and electoral votes. The Socialist candidate received the highest percentage of the popular vote his party ever attained. In addition to year-round campaigning in the modern style, the 1912 contest featured a broader role for women, two exciting national conventions, and an assassination attempt on Roosevelt's life. The election defined the major parties for generations to come as the Taft-Roosevelt split pushed the...

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Defeat in Detail

Edward J. Erickson

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The Scramble for Africa

Thomas Pakenham

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All Stations! Distress!

Don Brown

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U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Since 1912

Peter B. Mersky

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The First Fall Classic

Mike Vaccaro

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Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951

Ludwig Wittgenstein
James Carl Klagge
Alfred Nordmann

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The Promised Land - 1912

Mary Antin

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Collected Poems, 1912-1944 (H.D.)

H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Louis Martz

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The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism

Faced with the challenge of adapting America's political and social order to the rise of corporate capitalism, in 1912 four presidential candidates — Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene Debs — shaped Americans' thoughts about their public futures. Their positions would come to frame national conversation over the role of corporations in American life, determine the relation between the state and society that still controls our thinking about market regulation, and usher in a period of Progressive reform. Connecting the debates of 1912 to some of the most pressing issues of the Progressive Era, this volume presents selected sensational speeches, correspondence between these important figures and their allies and opponents, and 12 lively political cartoons. The documents are supported by an interpretive essay, a chronology, a bibliography, and a series of questions for student consideration, including ideas for a classroom debate.

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The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism

Brett Flehinger

1912

Ireland, 1912-1985

Joseph J. Lee

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