In Our Times: America Since World War II

Rosenberg, Norman L.; Rosenberg, Emily S.; Moore, James Ray

ISBN 10: 0134536134 / ISBN 13: 9780134536132

Published by Prentice-Hall, 1976

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A nice book here with clean pages. Scuff and shelf wear to the covers. Former name on the inside cover page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Our Times: America Since World War II
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134536134
• ISBN 13: 9780134536132
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Concise, lively, and broad in perspective, this popular overview of American life since 1945 offers a clearly-written, authoritative interpretive narrative that pays special attention to major trends in foreign policy, mass culture, social history, gender, politics, civil rights, economics, and political culture. Organized both chronologically and topically, it provides balanced insights into all topics and demonstrates the ways in which different kinds of history blend together and provides a broad view of ?politics.? The World's Superpower. Postwar Readjustments, 1946-1953. Eisenhower Republicanism. Life During the 1950s. The Promise and Perils of the 1960s. Polarization and the Search for Empowerment. Times of Turmoil: The 1970s. An Oversized Society: Life during the 1960s and 1970s. A Conservative Turn, 1980- 1992. New Democrats, a New Economy, and New Americans. For anyone interested in American History since 1945.

From the Back Cover

More concise, livelier, and broader in coverage than other similar volumes, this popular overview of American life since 1945 offers a clearly-written, authoritative interpretive narrative that pays special attention to major trends in foreign policy, mass culture, social history, gender, politics, civil rights, economics, and political culture. Organized both chronologically and topically, it provides balanced insights into all topics. Integrates political, social, and cultural history -- demonstrating the ways in which different kinds of history blend together and provides a broad view of "politics." Explores social history -- and ethnicity and gender -- in depth. Incorporates new scholarship on the Cold War Era -- including discussions on recently declassified materials. Takes account of new scholarship on civil rights, gender relationships, the 1960s, cultural history. For anyone interested in American history since 1945.