The 1920s: The Rise of Consumer Culture
Burt Saxon
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CONFLICT
Conflict historians tend to emphasize the economic, social, and—to a lesser degree—intellectual conflicts throughout American history. Often acting as social critics, they see America as a racist, bureaucratic, imperialistic society. Conflict historians are heavily influenced by the behavioral sciences (particularly structural functional sociology), but they are not necessarily Marxists or revolutionaries. Some conflict historians, such as Philip Foner and Herbert Aptheker, are Marxists. Generally speaking, Marxists historians are not optimistic about reform within the framework of capitalism.