The Film & More Reference Interview Transcripts | Bibliography | Primary Sources Walter LaFeber is Noll Professor of History at Cornell University and a leading expert on United States foreign policy. David Levering Lewis holds the Martin Luther King, Jr., University Professorship at Rutgers University. Donald Miller is John Henry McCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Max Morath is an entertainer and writer whose specialty is American life and music at the turn of the century. Margaret Washington is an Associate Professor of History at Cornell University. Laura Wexler is Associate Professor of American Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Yale University. Walter LaFeber, Historian, on: America as a World Power America's Economic and Industrial Expansion The China Market The Importance of San Francisco President William McKinley McKinley's Manipulative Power The First White House Press Room The Importance of the Philippines The Fight for the Philippines The Decision to Annex the Philippines "Civilizing" the Filipinos Anti-Imperialism in the United States The Open-Door Policy American Missionaries in China Revolution in China The Boxer Rebellion William Jennings Bryan's Campaign Strategy Vice Presidential Nominee: Theodore Roosevelt The "Hidden Hand" Presidency The Pacific Century David Levering Lewis, Biographer, on: back to top America at the Turn of the Century Immigration The Plight of the African American W.E.B. Du Bois The Importance of Education An "Aristocracy of Color" Paul Lawrence Dunbar George White Lynching of African Americans The Imperial Experiment Minstrelsy Donald Miller, Historian on: America at the Turn of the Century Change in America Bituminous and Anthracite Coal Mining The Men Who Mined the Coal The Breaker Boys The Dangers of Mining Living in a Company Town Organizing a Miner's Union John Mitchell-The Union Organizer The Need for a Strike The Strike The Layers of Control The Results Max Morath, Writer/Entertainer, on: The Year in Music Sheet Music Popular Music The Piano Lyrics at the Turn of the Century Urbanization Ragtime Music Ragtime Composer-Scott Joplin Racism in Vaudville The Advent of the Phonograph The "Descriptive Piece" of Piano Music The American Renaissance Margaret Washington, Historian, on: The Feeling of Optimism in America The Aspirations of African Americans Obstacles Faced by African Americans Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois African American Congressman-George White Paul Lawrence Dunbar-The People's Poet "Lift Every Voice and Sing" The New York City Riot The Portrayal of African Americans in Song Laura Wexler, Historian, on: Frances Benjamin Johnston The Photographer of America's Court The Gender Rebellion The Paris Exposition Johnston's Photographs of Women Johnston's Photographs of African Americans Johnston's Photographs of American Life The Spirit of the Age Interview Transcripts | Primary Sources | Bibliography Program Description | Enhanced Transcript | Reference The Film & More | Special Features | Timeline | Maps | People & Events | Teacher's Guide The American Experience | Kids | Feedback | Search | Shop | Subscribe ©  New content 1999 PBS Online / WGBH