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Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Browne, Blaine T. (Blaine Terry)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--United States--History--21st century.
- United States--History--1945---Biography.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book seeks not only to acquaint students with the lives of a variety of influential Americans during the decades following World War II, but also to provide a comprehensive examination, through those lives, of the critical issues that determined the course of modern American history.
- Contents:
- MODERN AMERICAN LIVES; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I The Years of Consensus,1945-1960; 1 Defining the Cold War; 2 Fighting the Cold War at Home; 3 The Transformation of Popular Culture; 4 Outsiders in a Conformist Society; 5 Defending Democracy in theNuclear Age; Part II. From Confidence to Crisis,1960-1980; 6 Civil Rights and Social Justice; 7 Challenges to the Liberal Consensus; 8 1968: The Hope and the Fear; 9 Implosions: Collapse of the Counterculture and the New Left; 10 The Women's Movement: Revolution and Reaction; Part III. The Search for New Directions,1980-Present
- 11 The Roaring Eighties: Piety and Profit12 After the Revolution: New Horizons for Black Americans; 13 America and the New World Order; About the Authors
- Notes:
- First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-366).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-46465-6
- 1-315-70237-1
- 1-317-46466-4
- 1-78268-156-6
- 1-282-11962-1
- 9786612119620
- 0-7656-2455-9
- 9781315702377
- OCLC:
- 391963739
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