Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / / Blaine T. Browne and Robert C. Cottrell
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| Autore: |
Browne Blaine T (Blaine Terry)
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| Titolo: |
Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / / Blaine T. Browne and Robert C. Cottrell
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.90922 |
| 973.91 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century |
| Popular culture - United States - History - 21st century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History 1945- Biography |
| United States Social conditions 1945- | |
| United States Politics and government 1945-1989 | |
| United States Politics and government 1989- | |
| Altri autori: |
CottrellRobert C. <1950->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modern American lives |
| 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 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777999203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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