{"product_id":"book-12ai","title":"Prosperity Road","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","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":66624083951920,"sku":"ZE12ai","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":66624083984688,"sku":"ZM12ai","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook [BD]","offer_id":66624084017456,"sku":"BD12ai","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/12ai-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782498453","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-12ai","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}