In Our Times : America since World War II

Rosenberg, Emily S., Rosenberg, Norman L.

ISBN 10: 0130996483 / ISBN 13: 9780130996480

Editore: Pearson Education, 2002

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Riassunto:

Concise, lively, and broad in perspective, this popular overview of American life since 1945 offers a clearly-written, authoritative interpretive narrative that pays special attention to major trends in foreign policy, mass culture, social history, gender, politics, civil rights, economics, and political culture. Organized both chronologically and topically, it provides balanced insights into all topics and demonstrates the ways in which different kinds of history blend together and provides a broad view of “politics.” KEY TOPICS: The World's Superpower. Postwar Readjustments, 1946-1953. Eisenhower Republicanism. Life During the 1950s. The Promise and Perils of the 1960s. Polarization and the Search for Empowerment. Times of Turmoil: The 1970s. An Oversized Society: Life during the 1960s and 1970s. A Conservative Turn, 1980- 1992. New Democrats, a New Economy, and New Americans. MARKET: For anyone interested in American History since 1945.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Norman and Emily Rosenberg are DeWitt Wallace Professors of History at Macalester College and have researched and published widely in twentieth century American history.

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Titolo: In Our Times : America since World War II
Casa editrice: Pearson Education
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good
Edizione: 7 Edition.