A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195151054 ISBN 13: 9780195151053

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This popular and comprehensive anthology presents cogent, provocative articles from differing political perspectives on major issues in postwar America. In addition to articles by leading historians, the editors have assembled first-person accounts of various issues by those who have contributed to the shaping of America's rich history, including Joseph McCarthy and Bill Clinton, as well as Robin Morgan, Anne Moody, and Phyllis Schlafly. For this edition, Chafe and Sitkoff have collaborated with a new coeditor, Beth Bailey, to give this classic text a fresh outlook. The sixth edition has been extensively revised to incorporate new documents and the most up-to-date articles, covering such recent events as the September 11 attacks. With lively and enlightening introductions to each section and headnotes providing a context for the articles, A History of Our Time helps students make sense of the past fifty years of America's sometimes tumultuous but always fascinating history.

About this title

About the Author:

William H. Chafe is at Duke University. Harvard Sitkoff is at University of New Hampshire.

Review:

Praise for previous editions

"An excellent anthology, perhaps the very best of its kind."--Susan Walens, Western Connecticut State University

"A balanced and judicious source book including some important and largely overlooked readings." --Michael F. Doyle, Ocean County College, NJ

"This book is excellent and the documents are well chosen. My students like it."--S. Ducksworth, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire

"A splendid reader--it illuminates all the main issues!"--Mark Gildershus, Colorado State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195151054
• ISBN 13: 9780195151053
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Chafe William H., Sitkoff Harvard, Bailey Beth