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History in dispute. Vol. 2 : American social and political movements, 1945-2000: pursuit of liberty / edited by Robert J. Allison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- St. James Press, Corporate Author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--United States--History.
- Social movements.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Social movements--Political aspects--United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 323 pages) : illustrations, photos
- Other Title:
- American social and political movements, 1945-2000: pursuit of liberty
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : St. James Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers American social and political movements, 1945-2000. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments.
- Contents:
- Antiwar movement
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Busing
- Carter
- Civil Rights Movement: Methods
- Civil Rights Movement: Goals
- Cold War Causes
- Communism and Civil Rights
- Eisenhower
- End of Cold War
- Fear of Attack
- Feminism
- Genetic Engineering
- Goals of Civil Rights
- Human Rights
- Interstate Highway Act
- Kennedy
- Mass Media
- McCarthyism
- Meaning of Brown
- Middle East Policy
- New World Order
- 1960s Progressive Movement
- Nixon's Foreign Policy
- Nixon's Reputation
- Organized Labor
- Perot
- Political consensus
- Rock and roll
- Roe v. Wade
- Rosenbergs
- Sexual Revolution
- Space Race
- Suburbia
- U.S. Space Program
- Vietnam Causes
- War on Poverty
- Warren Court
- White Flight.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781558627062
- 1558627065
- 9781558623965
- 1558623965
- OCLC:
- 427645985
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