Gary A. Donaldson

The Making of Modern America

The Nation from 1945 to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

The third edition of Dr. Gary A. Donaldson's highly successful textbook The Making of Modern America, introduces students to the cultural, social and political paths the United States has traveled from the end of WWII to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 911g
• ISBN-13: 9781538104453
• ISBN-10: 1538104458
• Artikelnr.: 48033194

Autorenporträt

Gary A. Donaldson is the Keller Foundation in American History at Xavier University of Louisiana. His other books include The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon and the Election of 1960; Liberalism's Last Hurrah: The Presidential Campaign of 1964; Truman Defeats Dewey; and America at War since 1945, among others. He lives in Mandeville, Louisiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1: Postwar Adjustments Chapter 2: The Early Cold War
Chapter 3: Affluence and Anxiety: America in the 1950s Chapter 4: The
Eisenhower Presidency Chapter 5: Kennedy at Home and Abroad Chapter 6: "We
Shall Continue" Chapter 7: The Nation in the 1960s Chapter 8: Out of the
1960s and into the 1970s: The Agony of Change Chapter 9: America in the
1970s: The Post-Watergate Years Chapter 10: The Reagan Years Chapter 11:
The Kinder, Gentler Conservatism of George H. W. Bush Chapter 12: Bill
Clinton's America Chapter 13: America after the New Millennium Chapter 14:
The Second Bush and Obama: From the War on Terrorism to the Audacity of
Hope Selected Bibliography Index About the Author