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    A Generation of Materialism, 1871-1900 [Revised Edition]

    By Dr. Carlton J. H. Hayes

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    To a generation that has experienced two great World Wars, the closing quarter of the Nineteenth Century is bound, in retrospect, to appear in the light of a golden age. It was an era of peace in Europe, an age of great technological advance, a period of progress, of growing tolerance, of spreading liberalism. Or so at least it seemed at the time and so it appears to many even now. And yet, when viewed historically, when examined critically, the late nineteenth century emerges rather as an age of materialism, of smug self-confidence, of uncritical assurance. It was, as Professor Hayes sets forth, in many senses the seed-time of disaster, the prelude to an era of conflict and disillusionment. […]

    In A Generation of Materialism, 1871-1900, Professor Hayes has gotten down to fundamentals. He has stripped away many of the easy misconceptions and has re-examined some of the basic assumptions and tenets of the modern world. If history is indeed but the prologue, no intelligent person can afford, amid the storm and stress of the contemporary world, to overlook this fascinating and stimulating reappraisal of the generation that bore our own. (William L. Langer, Introduction)

    “THE IMPARTIALITY and fair-mindedness which the historian must set as his goal are severely tested in writing about a period so near to us as this. Professor Hayes passes the test admirably. He has, of course, feelings that are engaged, and these he very straightforwardly makes clear in his preface...he has packed into a single volume an immense amount of information and good sense.”—CRANE BRINTON

    “A brilliant, illuminating account of an epoch which is considered as a climax of enlightenment and a source of disillusionment. A reappraisal that must be read.”—Social Studies

    “This stimulating volume is ‘living history,’ written by a man who has keenly observed and sincerely interpreted his age.”—FRANKLIN C. PALM, The American Historical Review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEschenburg Press
    Release dateFeb 27, 2018
    ISBN9781789120417
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    Dr. Carlton J. H. Hayes

    Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (May 16, 1882 - September 2, 1964) was an American educator, diplomat, devout Catholic and academic. A student of European history, he was a leading and pioneering specialist on the study of nationalism. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain in World War II, but came under attack from the CIO, communists and other forces on the left that rejected any dealings with the Spain of Francisco Franco. A prolific author, Hayes wrote 27 books, numerous articles and book reviews. Born to a Baptist family in upstate New York, he graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. degree in 1904 and earned his Ph.D. degree at Columbia in 1909. He became lecturer at Columbia in European History in 1907 and was subsequently promoted to assistant professor (1910), associate professor (1915), and then full professor (1919). In 1904 he converted to Catholicism and later became the first Roman Catholic co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1928-1946). He was chairman of Columbia’s History department several times and, after WWI, helped establish and was first secretary of the American Catholic Historical Association. During WWI, he served at the rank of captain in the U.S. Military Intelligence Division of the General Staff (1918-1919). In 1928, under the direction of the head of the War Department, Gen. Connor, Hayes was asked to serve on an advisory committee of historians, earning him the title of major. He was awarded the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame in 1946, the Alexander Hamilton medal from Columbia University in 1952, and the Gibbons Medal from The Catholic University of America in 1949. He was a guest lecturer and teacher at various academic institutions throughout his career and into his retirement and received honorary degrees from numerous institutions, including the University of Notre Dame (1921) and Georgetown University (1953). Hayes died in Sidney, New York in 1964, aged 82.

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