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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808597603321

Autore

Browne Blaine T (Blaine Terry)

Titolo

Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / / Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008

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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CottrellRobert C. <1950->

Disciplina

973.90922

973.91

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Popular culture - United States - History - 21st century

United States History 1945- Biography

United States Social conditions 1945-

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-366).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.