{"product_id":"prosperity-road-anthony-j-badger-9780060744755","title":"Prosperity Road: America, 1920-1945, from Hoover to Roosevelt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping history of America during the tumultuous decades between the ends of World War I and World War II, when a mainly rural, isolationist republic was transformed into a nuclear superpower and the leader of the free world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the prosperous 1920s and its culture wars to the Great Crash and Depression of the Thirties, the fits and starts of the New Deal, and then the all-consuming fight to defeat fascism in World War II, the twenty-five years from 1920 through 1945 witnessed the creation of what would be known as the American century. Two towering political figures, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D Roosevelt, dominated the politics of these years in which America underwent a breathtaking metamorphosis, with all its power and trade-offs: its predominance on the global stage, its increasingly imperial government, its unprecedented affluence, and its far-flung cultural influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProsperity Road\u003c\/i\u003e captures in telling detail how war and the experiences of economic boom and bust shaped America's political expectations and its institutions. Written by acclaimed Cambridge historian Anthony J Badger, Prosperity Road is cultural, economic, and political history at its finest and most captivating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther books in the American History series include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/i\u003e by Brenda Wineapple\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebirth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e by Jackson Lears\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking Giant\u003c\/i\u003e by David S. Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e by Sean Wilentz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony J. Badger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060744758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060744755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Anthony J. Badger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659717226751,"sku":"9780060744755","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prosperity-road-anthony-j-badger-9780060744755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}