The American century : a history of the United States since the 1890s
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The American century : a history of the United States since the 1890s
McGraw-Hill, c1992
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This survey attempts to help US students put events in the history of their country in a global context. The book covers the social political, economic, legal and cultural aspects of history, and aims to take into account a wide range of modern historical opinion. This edition includes material on the Gulf War. There is also expanded coverage on the counter-culture and new material on the FBI's surveillance of Luther King. An instructor's manual and test bank is available.
Table of Contents
- 1890s - the beginnings
- 1900-1917 - the progressive era
- 1900-1917 - a progressive foreign policy (from peace to war)
- 1917-192- the failure of World War I
- 1920-1929 - the new era
- 1929-1936 - depression and the New Deal
- 1933-1941 - hard times (politics and society)
- 1929-1941 - the big breakdown (The United States and the world)
- 1941-1947 - war and peace
- 1941-1947 - onw world into two
- 1947-1952 - the America of the Cold War
- 1952-1957 - Eisenhower and the American consensus
- 1957-1963 - new frontiers at home and abroad
- 1963-1968 - the great society and Vietnam' 1969-1975 - the imperial presidency and Watergate
- 1976-1984 - new directions
- p 1985-1990s - approaching a new century.
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