Restless giant : the United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore / James T. Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, James T.

Series:

Oxford history of the United States.

The Oxford history of the United States

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--1969-.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 448 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Restless Giant, acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, and international developments. We meet the era's many memorable figures and explore the "culture wars" between liberals and conservatives that appeared to split the country in two. A volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, this insightful and engaging book captures this period of American history in a way that no other book has.

Contents:

The troubled 1970's

Sex, families, stagflation

The political world of the mid-1970s

Carter, Reagan, and the rise of the right

"Morning again in America"

America and the world in the 1980's

Bush 41

"Culture wars" and "decline" in the 1990's

Immigration, multiculturalism, race

Political wars of the early Clinton years

Prosperity, partisanship, terrorism

Impeachment and electoral crisis, 1998-2000.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-47080-1

9786610470808

0-19-972719-8

1-4237-3372-X

OCLC:

922903515