David M. Katzman, Thomas Paterson, William Tuttle
A People and a Nation
A History of the United States
Herausgeber: Norton, Mary B.
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David M. Katzman, Thomas Paterson, William Tuttle
A People and a Nation
A History of the United States
Herausgeber: Norton, Mary B.
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This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people.The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and scholarship. New content includes expanded coverage of modern history (post-1945) with discussion of foreign relations, gender analysis, and race and racial relations.…mehr
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This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people.The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and scholarship. New content includes expanded coverage of modern history (post-1945) with discussion of foreign relations, gender analysis, and race and racial relations.
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- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin
- 7th ed.
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 260mm
- Gewicht: 2280g
- ISBN-13: 9780618375899
- ISBN-10: 0618375899
- Artikelnr.: 13947865
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin
- 7th ed.
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 260mm
- Gewicht: 2280g
- ISBN-13: 9780618375899
- ISBN-10: 0618375899
- Artikelnr.: 13947865
Thomas G. Paterson, professor emeritus of history at the University of Connecticut, graduated from the University of New Hampshire (B.A., 1963) and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1968). He is the author of Soviet-American Confrontation (1973), Meeting the Communist Threat (1988), On Every Front (1992), Contesting Castro (1994), America Ascendant (with J. Garry Clifford, 1995), and A People and a Nation (with Mary Beth Norton et al., 2001). Tom is also the editor of Cold War Critics (1971), Kennedy's Quest for Victory (1989), Imperial Surge (with Stephen G. Rabe, 1992), The Origins of the Cold War (with Robert McMahon, 1999), Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations (with Michael J. Hogan, 2004), and Major Problems in American Foreign Relations (with Dennis Merrill, 2010). With Bruce Jentleson, he served as senior editor for the Encyclopedia of American Foreign Relations (1997). A microfilm edition of The United States and Castro's Cuba, 1950s-1970s: The Paterson Collection appeared in 1999. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of American History and Diplomatic History. A recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, he has directed National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars for College Teachers. In 2000 the New England History Teachers Association recognized his excellence in teaching and mentoring with the Kidger Award. Besides visits to many American campuses, Tom has lectured in Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Russia, and Venezuela. He is a past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, which in 2008 honored him with the Laura and Norman Graebner Award for lifetime achievement" in scholarship, service, and teaching. A native of Oregon, Tom is now informally associated with Southern Oregon University."
William M. Tuttle, Jr., received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1967. He has written numerous articles and books including Daddy's Gone to War and Plain Folk.
William M. Tuttle, Jr., received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1967. He has written numerous articles and books including Daddy's Gone to War and Plain Folk.
Note: Each chapter includes a Summary.1. Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600American SocietiesNorth America in 1492African SocietiesEuropean SocietiesEarly European ExplorationsThe Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their SuccessorsSpanish Exploration and ConquestThe Columbian ExchangeLinks to the World: MaizeEuropeans in North AmericaLegacy for a People and a Nation: Columbus Day2. Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640New Spain, New France, and New NetherlandThe CaribbeanLinks to the World: WampumEnglish Interest in ColonizationThe Founding of VirginiaLife in the ChesapeakeThe Founding of New EnglandLife in New EnglandLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Foxwoods Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum3. North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720The Growth of Anglo-American SettlementsA Decade of Imperial Crises: The 1670sAfrican Slavery on the MainlandThe Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave TradeLinks to the World: International PiracyEnslavement of Africans and IndiansImperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft CrisisLegacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent4. American Society Transformed, 1720-1770Population Growth and Ethnic DiversityEconomic Growth and DevelopmentColonial CulturesLinks to the World: Exotic BeveragesColonial FamiliesPolitics: Stability and Crisis in British AmericaA Crisis in ReligionLegacy for a People and a Nation: Self-Made Men"5. Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and IndiansLinks to the World: The First Worldwide War1763: A Turning PointThe Stamp Act CrisisResistance to the Townshend ActsConfrontations in BostonTea and TurmoilLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Census and Reapportionment6. A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783Government by Congress and CommitteeContest in the BackcountryChoosing SidesLinks to the World: New NationsWar and IndependenceThe Struggle in the NorthLife in the Army and on the Home FrontVictory in the SouthLegacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins7. Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789Creating a Virtuous RepublicLinks to the World: NovelsThe First Emancipation and the Growth of RacismDesigning Republican GovernmentsTrials of the ConfederationOrder and Disorder in the WestFrom Crisis to the ConstitutionOpposition and RatificationLegacy for a People and a Nation: Women's Education8. The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800Building a Workable GovernmentDomestic Policy Under Washington and HamiltonThe French Revolution and the Development of Partisan PoliticsPartisan Politics and Relations with Great BritainJohn Adams and Political DissentIndians and African Americans at the End of the CenturyLinks to the World: Haitian RefugeesLegacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime9. Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801-1815The Jefferson Presidency and Marshall CourtLouisiana and Lewis and ClarkA New Political CultureIndian ResistanceAmerican Shipping ImperiledLinks to the World: Industrial Piracy"Mr. Madison's War"Peace and ConsequencesLegacy for a People and a Nation: States' Rights and Nullification10. Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816-1845Postwar NationalismThe Market Economy and Government's RoleTransportation LinksLinks to the World: The United States as a Developing NationCommercial FarmingThe Rise of Manufacturing and CommerceWorkers and the WorkplaceAmericans on the MoveAmerican Indian Resistance and RemovalLegacy for a People and a Nation: A Mixed Economy11. Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845From Revival to ReformAbolitionism and the Women's MovementLinks to the World: The International Antislavery MovementJacksonianism and Party PoliticsFederalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank ControversiesThe Whig Challenge and the Second Party SystemManifest Destiny and ExpansionismLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Bible Belt12. People and Communities in the North and West, 1830-1860Country LifeThe WestLinks to the World: Gold in CaliforniaCity LifeExtremes of WealthFamily LifeImmigrant Lives in AmericaFree People of ColorLegacy for a People and a Nation: White Fascination with and Appropriation of Black Culture13. People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830-1860The "Distinctive" South?Free Southerners: Farmers, Free Blacks, and PlantersLinks to the World: "King Cotton" in the World EconomySlave Life and LaborSlave CultureSlave Resistance and RebellionHarmony and Tension in a Slave SocietyLegacy for a People and a Nation: Reparations for Slavery14. Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861The War with Mexico and Its Consequences1850: Compromise or Armistice?Slavery Expansion and Collapse of the Party SystemLinks to the World: Annexation of CubaSlavery and the Nation's FutureDisunionLegacy for a People and a Nation: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?15. Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1961-1865America Goes to War, 1861-1862War Transforms the SouthWartime Northern Economy and SocietyThe Advent of EmancipationThe Soldiers' War1863: The Tide of Battle TurnsDisunity, South, North, and West1864-1865: The Final Test of WillsLinks to the World: The Civil War in BritainLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Confederate Battle Flag16. Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877Wartime ReconstructionThe Meanings of FreedomJohnson's Reconstruction PlanThe Congressional Reconstruction PlanReconstruction Politics in the SouthReconstruction ReversedLinks to the World: The Grants' Tour of the WorldLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Fourteenth Amendment17. The Development of the West, 1877-1900The Economic Activities of Native PeoplesThe Transformation of Native CulturesThe Extraction of Natural ResourcesIrrigation and TransportationLinks to the World: The Australian FrontierFarming the PlainsThe Ranching FrontierLegacy for a People and a Nation: The West and Rugged Individualism18. The Machine Age, 1877-1920Technology and the Triumph of IndustrialismLinks to the World: The Atlantic CableMechanization and the Changing Status of LaborLabor Violence and the Union MovementStandards of LivingThe Corporate Consolidation MovementThe Gospel of Wealth and Its CriticsLegacy for a People and a Nation: Industrialism, Smoke, and Pollution Control19. The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877-1920Growth of the Modern CityUrban NeighborhoodsLiving Conditions in the Inner CityManaging the CityFamily LifeThe New Leisure and Mass CultureLinks to the World: Japanese BaseballLegacy for a People and a Nation: Ethnic Food20. Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900The Nature of Party PoliticsLinks to the World: MissionariesIssues of LegislationThe Presidency RestrengthenedDiscrimination, Disfranchisement, ResponseAgrarian Unrest and PopulismThe Depression and Protests of the 1890sThe Silver Crusade and the Election of 1896Legacy for a People and a Nation: Interpreting a Fairy Tale21. The Progressive Era, 1895-1920The Varied Progressive ImpulseGovernmental and Legislative ReformLinks to the World: Russian TemperanceNew Ideas in Social InstitutionsChallenges to Racial and Sexual DiscriminationTheodore Roosevelt and the Revival of the PresidencyWoodrow Wilson and the Extension of ReformLegacy for a People and a Nation: Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, and the Birth Control Controversy22. The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914Imperial DreamsAmbitions and StrategiesCrises in the 1890s: Hawai'i, Venezuela, and CubaThe Spanish-American War and the Debate over EmpireAsian Encounters: War in the Philippines, Diplomacy in ChinaLinks to the World: The U.S. System of Education in the PhilippinesTR's WorldLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Status of Puerto Rico23. Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920Precarious NeutralityThe Decision for WarWinning the WarLinks to the World: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918Mobilizing the Home FrontCivil Liberties Under ChallengeRed Scare, Red SummerThe Defeat of PeaceLegacy for a People and a Nation: Freedom of Speech and the ACLU24. The New Era, 1920-1929Big Business TriumphantPolitics and GovernmentMaterialism UnboundCities, Migrants, and SuburbsLinks to the World: Pan American AirwaysNew Rhythms of Everyday LifeLines of DefenseThe Age of PlayCultural CurrentsThe Election of 1928 and the End of the New EraLegacy for a People and a Nation: Intercollegiate Athletics25. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941Hoover and Hard Times: 1929-1933Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Launching of the New DealPolitical Pressure and the Second New DealLaborFederal Power and the Nationalization of CultureLinks to the World: The 1936 Olympic GamesThe Limits of the New DealLegacy for a People and a Nation: Social Security26. Peaceseekers and Warmakers: Americans in the World, 1920-1941Searching for Peace and Order in the 1920sThe World Economy, Cultural Expansion, and Great DepressionU.S. Dominance in Latin AmericaThe Course to War in EuropeJapan, China, and a New Order in AsiaU.S. Entry into World War IILinks to the World: Radio NewsLegacy for a People and a Nation: Presidential Deception of the Public27. The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945The United States at WarThe Production Front and American WorkersLife on the Home FrontThe Limits of American IdealsLinks to the World: War BridesLife in the MilitaryWinning the WarLegacy for a People and a Nation: Atomic Waste28. The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961From Allies to AdversariesContainment in ActionThe Cold War in AsiaThe Korean WarUnrelenting Cold WarLinks to the World: The People-to-People CampaignThe Struggle for the Third WorldLegacy for a People and a Nation: The National Security State29. America at Midcentury, 1945-1960Shaping Postwar AmericaDomestic Politics in the Cold War EraCold War Fears and AnticommunismThe Struggle for Civil RightsCreating a Middle-Class NationMen, Women, and Youth at MidcenturyLinks to the World: BarbieThe Limits of the Middle-Class NationLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Pledge of Allegiance30. The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968Kennedy and the Cold WarMarching for FreedomLiberalism and the Great SocietyJohnson and VietnamA Nation DividedLinks to the World: The British Invasion1968Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Immigration Act of 196531. Continuing Divisions and New Limits, 1969-1980The New Politics of IdentityThe Women's Movement and Gay LiberationThe End in VietnamNixon, Kissinger, and the WorldLinks to the World: OPEC and teh 1973 Oil EmbargoPresidential Politics and the Crisis of LeadershipEconomic CrisisAn Era of Cultural TransformationRenewed Cold War and Middle East CrisisLegacy for a People and a Nation: Human RightsLinks to the World: OPEC and the 1973 Oil Embargo32. Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992Reagan and the Conservative Resurgence"Reaganomics"Links to the World: CNNReagan and the WorldA Polarized People: American Society in the 1980sThe End of the Cold War and Global DisorderLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Americans with Disabilities Act33. Global Bridges in the New Millennium: America Since 1992Social Strains and New Political Directions"The New Economy" and GlobalizationParadoxes of ProsperitySeptember 11 and the War on TerrorismAmericans in the New MillenniumLinks to the World: The Global AIDS EpidemicLegacy for a People and a Nation: The InternetAppendixSuggestions for Further ReadingDocuments: Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776; Articles of Confederation; Constitution of the United States of America and AmendmentsThe American People and Nation: A Statistical ProfilePresidential ElectionsPresidents and Vice PresidentsParty Strength in CongressJustices of the Supreme Court"
Note: Each chapter includes a Summary.1. Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600American SocietiesNorth America in 1492African SocietiesEuropean SocietiesEarly European ExplorationsThe Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their SuccessorsSpanish Exploration and ConquestThe Columbian ExchangeLinks to the World: MaizeEuropeans in North AmericaLegacy for a People and a Nation: Columbus Day2. Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640New Spain, New France, and New NetherlandThe CaribbeanLinks to the World: WampumEnglish Interest in ColonizationThe Founding of VirginiaLife in the ChesapeakeThe Founding of New EnglandLife in New EnglandLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Foxwoods Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum3. North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720The Growth of Anglo-American SettlementsA Decade of Imperial Crises: The 1670sAfrican Slavery on the MainlandThe Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave TradeLinks to the World: International PiracyEnslavement of Africans and IndiansImperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft CrisisLegacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent4. American Society Transformed, 1720-1770Population Growth and Ethnic DiversityEconomic Growth and DevelopmentColonial CulturesLinks to the World: Exotic BeveragesColonial FamiliesPolitics: Stability and Crisis in British AmericaA Crisis in ReligionLegacy for a People and a Nation: Self-Made Men"5. Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and IndiansLinks to the World: The First Worldwide War1763: A Turning PointThe Stamp Act CrisisResistance to the Townshend ActsConfrontations in BostonTea and TurmoilLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Census and Reapportionment6. A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783Government by Congress and CommitteeContest in the BackcountryChoosing SidesLinks to the World: New NationsWar and IndependenceThe Struggle in the NorthLife in the Army and on the Home FrontVictory in the SouthLegacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins7. Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789Creating a Virtuous RepublicLinks to the World: NovelsThe First Emancipation and the Growth of RacismDesigning Republican GovernmentsTrials of the ConfederationOrder and Disorder in the WestFrom Crisis to the ConstitutionOpposition and RatificationLegacy for a People and a Nation: Women's Education8. The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800Building a Workable GovernmentDomestic Policy Under Washington and HamiltonThe French Revolution and the Development of Partisan PoliticsPartisan Politics and Relations with Great BritainJohn Adams and Political DissentIndians and African Americans at the End of the CenturyLinks to the World: Haitian RefugeesLegacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime9. Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801-1815The Jefferson Presidency and Marshall CourtLouisiana and Lewis and ClarkA New Political CultureIndian ResistanceAmerican Shipping ImperiledLinks to the World: Industrial Piracy"Mr. Madison's War"Peace and ConsequencesLegacy for a People and a Nation: States' Rights and Nullification10. Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816-1845Postwar NationalismThe Market Economy and Government's RoleTransportation LinksLinks to the World: The United States as a Developing NationCommercial FarmingThe Rise of Manufacturing and CommerceWorkers and the WorkplaceAmericans on the MoveAmerican Indian Resistance and RemovalLegacy for a People and a Nation: A Mixed Economy11. Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845From Revival to ReformAbolitionism and the Women's MovementLinks to the World: The International Antislavery MovementJacksonianism and Party PoliticsFederalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank ControversiesThe Whig Challenge and the Second Party SystemManifest Destiny and ExpansionismLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Bible Belt12. People and Communities in the North and West, 1830-1860Country LifeThe WestLinks to the World: Gold in CaliforniaCity LifeExtremes of WealthFamily LifeImmigrant Lives in AmericaFree People of ColorLegacy for a People and a Nation: White Fascination with and Appropriation of Black Culture13. People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830-1860The "Distinctive" South?Free Southerners: Farmers, Free Blacks, and PlantersLinks to the World: "King Cotton" in the World EconomySlave Life and LaborSlave CultureSlave Resistance and RebellionHarmony and Tension in a Slave SocietyLegacy for a People and a Nation: Reparations for Slavery14. Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861The War with Mexico and Its Consequences1850: Compromise or Armistice?Slavery Expansion and Collapse of the Party SystemLinks to the World: Annexation of CubaSlavery and the Nation's FutureDisunionLegacy for a People and a Nation: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?15. Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1961-1865America Goes to War, 1861-1862War Transforms the SouthWartime Northern Economy and SocietyThe Advent of EmancipationThe Soldiers' War1863: The Tide of Battle TurnsDisunity, South, North, and West1864-1865: The Final Test of WillsLinks to the World: The Civil War in BritainLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Confederate Battle Flag16. Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877Wartime ReconstructionThe Meanings of FreedomJohnson's Reconstruction PlanThe Congressional Reconstruction PlanReconstruction Politics in the SouthReconstruction ReversedLinks to the World: The Grants' Tour of the WorldLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Fourteenth Amendment17. The Development of the West, 1877-1900The Economic Activities of Native PeoplesThe Transformation of Native CulturesThe Extraction of Natural ResourcesIrrigation and TransportationLinks to the World: The Australian FrontierFarming the PlainsThe Ranching FrontierLegacy for a People and a Nation: The West and Rugged Individualism18. The Machine Age, 1877-1920Technology and the Triumph of IndustrialismLinks to the World: The Atlantic CableMechanization and the Changing Status of LaborLabor Violence and the Union MovementStandards of LivingThe Corporate Consolidation MovementThe Gospel of Wealth and Its CriticsLegacy for a People and a Nation: Industrialism, Smoke, and Pollution Control19. The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877-1920Growth of the Modern CityUrban NeighborhoodsLiving Conditions in the Inner CityManaging the CityFamily LifeThe New Leisure and Mass CultureLinks to the World: Japanese BaseballLegacy for a People and a Nation: Ethnic Food20. Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900The Nature of Party PoliticsLinks to the World: MissionariesIssues of LegislationThe Presidency RestrengthenedDiscrimination, Disfranchisement, ResponseAgrarian Unrest and PopulismThe Depression and Protests of the 1890sThe Silver Crusade and the Election of 1896Legacy for a People and a Nation: Interpreting a Fairy Tale21. The Progressive Era, 1895-1920The Varied Progressive ImpulseGovernmental and Legislative ReformLinks to the World: Russian TemperanceNew Ideas in Social InstitutionsChallenges to Racial and Sexual DiscriminationTheodore Roosevelt and the Revival of the PresidencyWoodrow Wilson and the Extension of ReformLegacy for a People and a Nation: Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, and the Birth Control Controversy22. The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914Imperial DreamsAmbitions and StrategiesCrises in the 1890s: Hawai'i, Venezuela, and CubaThe Spanish-American War and the Debate over EmpireAsian Encounters: War in the Philippines, Diplomacy in ChinaLinks to the World: The U.S. System of Education in the PhilippinesTR's WorldLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Status of Puerto Rico23. Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920Precarious NeutralityThe Decision for WarWinning the WarLinks to the World: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918Mobilizing the Home FrontCivil Liberties Under ChallengeRed Scare, Red SummerThe Defeat of PeaceLegacy for a People and a Nation: Freedom of Speech and the ACLU24. The New Era, 1920-1929Big Business TriumphantPolitics and GovernmentMaterialism UnboundCities, Migrants, and SuburbsLinks to the World: Pan American AirwaysNew Rhythms of Everyday LifeLines of DefenseThe Age of PlayCultural CurrentsThe Election of 1928 and the End of the New EraLegacy for a People and a Nation: Intercollegiate Athletics25. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941Hoover and Hard Times: 1929-1933Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Launching of the New DealPolitical Pressure and the Second New DealLaborFederal Power and the Nationalization of CultureLinks to the World: The 1936 Olympic GamesThe Limits of the New DealLegacy for a People and a Nation: Social Security26. Peaceseekers and Warmakers: Americans in the World, 1920-1941Searching for Peace and Order in the 1920sThe World Economy, Cultural Expansion, and Great DepressionU.S. Dominance in Latin AmericaThe Course to War in EuropeJapan, China, and a New Order in AsiaU.S. Entry into World War IILinks to the World: Radio NewsLegacy for a People and a Nation: Presidential Deception of the Public27. The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945The United States at WarThe Production Front and American WorkersLife on the Home FrontThe Limits of American IdealsLinks to the World: War BridesLife in the MilitaryWinning the WarLegacy for a People and a Nation: Atomic Waste28. The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961From Allies to AdversariesContainment in ActionThe Cold War in AsiaThe Korean WarUnrelenting Cold WarLinks to the World: The People-to-People CampaignThe Struggle for the Third WorldLegacy for a People and a Nation: The National Security State29. America at Midcentury, 1945-1960Shaping Postwar AmericaDomestic Politics in the Cold War EraCold War Fears and AnticommunismThe Struggle for Civil RightsCreating a Middle-Class NationMen, Women, and Youth at MidcenturyLinks to the World: BarbieThe Limits of the Middle-Class NationLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Pledge of Allegiance30. The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968Kennedy and the Cold WarMarching for FreedomLiberalism and the Great SocietyJohnson and VietnamA Nation DividedLinks to the World: The British Invasion1968Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Immigration Act of 196531. Continuing Divisions and New Limits, 1969-1980The New Politics of IdentityThe Women's Movement and Gay LiberationThe End in VietnamNixon, Kissinger, and the WorldLinks to the World: OPEC and teh 1973 Oil EmbargoPresidential Politics and the Crisis of LeadershipEconomic CrisisAn Era of Cultural TransformationRenewed Cold War and Middle East CrisisLegacy for a People and a Nation: Human RightsLinks to the World: OPEC and the 1973 Oil Embargo32. Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992Reagan and the Conservative Resurgence"Reaganomics"Links to the World: CNNReagan and the WorldA Polarized People: American Society in the 1980sThe End of the Cold War and Global DisorderLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Americans with Disabilities Act33. Global Bridges in the New Millennium: America Since 1992Social Strains and New Political Directions"The New Economy" and GlobalizationParadoxes of ProsperitySeptember 11 and the War on TerrorismAmericans in the New MillenniumLinks to the World: The Global AIDS EpidemicLegacy for a People and a Nation: The InternetAppendixSuggestions for Further ReadingDocuments: Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776; Articles of Confederation; Constitution of the United States of America and AmendmentsThe American People and Nation: A Statistical ProfilePresidential ElectionsPresidents and Vice PresidentsParty Strength in CongressJustices of the Supreme Court"