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Cold War America, 1946 to 1990 / Ross Gregory.
LIBRA E741 .G76 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Ross.
- Series:
- Almanacs of American life
- Facts on File library of American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
- Cold War.
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- United States--History--1945-.
- History.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 670 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts on File, [2003]
- Summary:
- Examining a time of immense change that called into question some of the most acceptedand honored standards
- Contents:
- 1. The Americans: Population and Immigration 1
- The American Population 1
- Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the American Population 6
- Immigration 20
- 2. Weather and Climate 29
- Methods of Measuring Comfort or Discomfort 30
- Weather as a Destructive Force 35
- 3. Chronology, 1946-1990 48
- The Postwar Period and Start of the Cold War, 1946-1960 48
- The Era of the Sixties, 1961-1970 54
- The Era of the Seventies, 1971-1980 60
- The Eighties, 1981-1990 64
- 4. The American Economy 69
- The Stock Market 76
- Energy 80
- Banking and Finance 88
- International Business 90
- Employment 97
- Poverty 113
- Agriculture 115
- Earnings and Expenses and a Parity Price 124
- Prices and Inflation 126
- Taxes 131
- 5. Transportation 136
- General Trends 136
- Motor Vehicles 136
- Gas-guzzlers, Beetles, and the Japanese Invasion 141
- Air Transport 148
- Railroads 153
- Urban Transport 157
- Water Transport 157
- End of an Era 160
- 6. Communications 163
- The Course of the Communications System 163
- Postal Service 163
- Telephones 165
- Developments in Telephone Communication, 1946-1990 166
- Radio and Television 167
- The Next Generation: Enter the Internet 171
- The Print Media 172
- In the Beginning Was the Word 176
- 7. Vital Statistics and Health Care 178
- Births 178
- Birth Control 182
- Abortion 184
- Sexual Behavior and Attitudes 187
- Marriage 190
- Divorce 191
- Families and Households 192
- Medical Care and Medical Care Providers 202
- Some Major Developments in Health and Medicine, 1946-1990 203
- Substance Use and Abuse 214
- 8. Religion 222
- The Course of Religion, 1946-1990 222
- Catholicism in the United States 227
- Television Evangelists and Emergence of the Religious Right 229
- 9. Politics and Government 231
- Vietnam, Watergate, and the Crisis of the Modern Presidency 236
- Chronology of the Watergate Scandal 236
- Money in Politics and Growth of the PAC 241
- Expansion of the Electorate, 1946-1990 245
- Civil Rights 248
- Development of the Civil Rights Movement and the Issue of Race Relations, 1954-1990 248
- The Supreme Court 250
- Trends and Themes of Government Finance 253
- Social Insurance Programs 258
- 10. Military Forces and Wars: Hot and Cold 263
- The United States and Origins of the Cold War 263
- The Cold War Moves East: China and Korea 267
- Presidential Doctrines and American Foreign Policy 272
- Instruments of American Policy: The Armed Forces 272
- Instruments of American Policy: Alliances 288
- Instruments of American Policy: Covert Activity 289
- Instruments of American Foreign Policy: Armed Intervention 290
- The Vietnam War 290
- Instruments of American Policy: Foreign Aid and Sale of Military Goods 296
- The End to the Cold War 302
- Selected Chronological Developments in the End of the Cold War 302
- 11. States 304
- Alabama 304
- Alaska 304
- Arizona 304
- Arkansas 305
- California 305
- Colorado 306
- Connecticut 307
- Delaware 307
- Florida 307
- Georgia 308
- Hawaii 308
- Idaho 309
- Illinois 309
- Indiana 310
- Iowa 310
- Kansas 310
- Kentucky 311
- Louisiana 311
- Maine 312
- Maryland 312
- Massachusetts 312
- Michigan 313
- Minnesota 313
- Mississippi 314
- Missouri 314
- Montana 314
- Nebraska 315
- Nevada 315
- New Hampshire 316
- New Jersey 316
- New Mexico 316
- New York 317
- North Carolina 317
- North Dakota 317
- Ohio 318
- Oklahoma 318
- Oregon 319
- Pennsylvania 319
- Rhode Island 320
- South Carolina 320
- South Dakota 320
- Tennessee 321
- Texas 321
- Utah 322
- Vermont 322
- Virginia 322
- Washington 323
- West Virginia 324
- Wisconsin 324
- Wyoming 325
- 12. Cities of the United States 326
- The Most, and Least, Promising Metropolitan Counties, 1990 332
- New York City 333
- Los Angeles 334
- Chicago 335
- Houston 335
- Philadelphia 336
- San Diego 336
- Detroit 336
- Dallas 337
- Phoenix 337
- San Antonio 338
- 13. Prominent and Representative Americans 339
- Rachel Carson 339
- Cesar Chavez 339
- Vine Deloria, Jr. 340
- Clint Eastwood 340
- Chris Evert 340
- Ella Fitzgerald 341
- Betty Friedan 341
- Billy Graham 341
- Bob Hope 341
- Hubert H. Humphrey 342
- Daniel K. Inouye 342
- Lyndon B. Johnson 343
- Barbara Jordan 343
- George F. Kennan 343
- John F. Kennedy 344
- Martin Luther King, Jr. 345
- Henry Kissinger 346
- Ray Kroc 347
- Nancy Lopez 347
- Malcom X 347
- Thurgood Marshall 347
- Joe McCarthy 348
- James Michener 348
- Marilyn Monroe 348
- Richard M. Nixon 349
- Sandra Day O'Connor 349
- I. M. Pei 350
- Jackson Pollock 351
- Colin Powell 351
- Elvis Presley 352
- Ronald Reagan 352
- Jackie Robinson 352
- Jonas Salk 352
- Charles M. Schulz 353
- William B. Shockley 353
- Frank Sinatra 353
- Harry S. Truman 354
- Werner von Braun 355
- George C. Wallace 355
- Ryan White 355
- 14. Education 356
- The Course of American Education 356
- Aspects of Education: An International Comparison 370
- Education and Racial Segregation 374
- The School and Greater American Society 377
- Colleges and Universities 378
- 15. Science and Technology 400
- U.S. Winners of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences 403
- The Space Program 403
- Computers 412
- Weapons Technology: An Example 415
- Environmentalism 416
- Domestic Technology 431
- Science, Technology, and Change in the American Diet 434
- 16. Art and Architecture 438
- Art in the United States: Who Pays for It 438
- Directions of American Art 441
- Architecture 446
- Bridges 449
- 17. Entertainment 451
- The Broadway Stage 452
- Motion Pictures 456
- Radio 466
- Television 468
- Popular Music 478
- 18. Sports 505
- Baseball 507
- Changes in Major League Baseball Teams, 1946-1990 509
- A Selected Glossary of Baseball Terminology 519
- Basketball 520
- Major NCAA Rule Changes, 1947-1990 527
- Professional Football 533
- College Football 540
- Tennis 552
- Golf 558
- Hockey 562
- Boxing 565
- Automobile Racing 569
- Horse Racing 571
- The Most Exciting Sporting Event of the Era 574
- 19. Crime and Punishment 575
- Multiple Murders and Multiple Murderers 581
- Capital Punishment 583
- Drugs and the Law 587
- 20. Selected Documents 590
- Amendments to the Constitution (Twenty-second
- Twenty-seventh) 590
- National Security Council Paper Number 68 (NSC
- 68), April 1950 591
- Advice to the Working Girl, 1951 592
- Supreme Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954 592
- Origins of the Domino Theory, April 7, 1954 593
- John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961 594
- The Cuban Missile Crisis: President John F. Kennedy's Report to the Nation, October 22, 1962 595
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 597
- Kerner Commission Report on Racial Violence in American Cities, 1968 598
- President Lyndon Johnson Explains and Defends American Involvement in Vietnam, April 1965 599
- A Vietnam Veteran Speaks Against the War, 1971 600
- The War Powers Act, 1973 602
- The Women's Movement: Senate Hearings on an Equal Rights Amendment, May 7, 1970 602
- Supreme Court Case of Roe v. Wade, 1973 603
- President Reagan Describes the Soviet Union at the Start of His Presidency, 1981, and at the End, 1989 604.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-608) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0816038686
- OCLC:
- 48053855
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