Lives and Times

Blaine T. Browne is professor of history at Broward College. Robert C. Cottrell is professor of history at California State University. Together, they have co-authored Uncertain Order: The World in the Twentieth Century, Lives and Legacies: Biographies in Western Civilization, and Modern American Lives: Biographies in American History since 1945.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: A New Birth of Freedom Deferred: Benjamin R. Tillman, Ida B. WellsChapter 2: Final Frontiers, Vanishing Americans: Geronimo, Helen Hunt JacksonChapter 3: Wealth and Social Justice in the Industrial Age: Andrew Carnegie, Mary Harris "Mother" JonesChapter 4: Progressive America in the World: Woodrow Wilson, Randolph BourneChapter 5: Popular Culture in the New Era: Babe Ruth, Louis ArmstrongChapter 6: Defending Democracy in Hard Times: Floyd Olson, Eleanor RooseveltChapter 7: Questions of Loyalty in Peace and War: Charles Lindbergh, J. Robert OppenheimerChapter 8: Defining Dissent in Cold War America: Paul Robeson, Pat McCarranChapter 9: New Frontiers in Activism: Rachel Carson, Betty FriedanChapter 10: Racial Justice: Thought and Action: James Baldwin, Stokely CarmichaelChapter 11: The Agony of Vietnam: Robert McNamara, David HalberstamChapter 12: The New Right: Root and Branch: William F. Buckley Jr., Ronald ReaganChapter 13: Uncertain Times: America Enters the 21st Century: George W. Bush, Barack Obama

This is a solid collection of biographies, and Browne and Cottrell have done an excellent job selecting their subjects. Lives and Times examines the issues and challenges of the past through the individuals who experienced it. A great addition for teaching and understanding history.