In Our Times - America Since World War II (seventh edition)

Norman L. Rosenberg

ISBN 10: 0130996483 / ISBN 13: 9780130996480

Published by Pearson College Div, 2002

About this Item

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 %u201Cpolitics.%u201D 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. Damage - spine is broken at pages 224 & 225 Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. The binding has separated on one side of the leaves. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Our Times - America Since World War II (seventh edition)
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130996483
• ISBN 13: 9780130996480
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Poor
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

For courses in U.S. or American History Since 1945.

More concise, livelier, and broader in coverage than other similar texts, 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 and demonstrates the ways in which different kinds of history blend together, and also provides a broad view of “politics.”

About the Author

Norman and Emily Rosenberg are DeWitt Wallace Professors of History at Macalester College and have researched and published widely in twentieth century American history.