Grand expectations : the United States, 1945-1974
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- ISBN: 0195117972
- ISBN: 9780195117974
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 829 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997, ©1996.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 791-802) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Veterans, ethnics, blacks, women -- Unions, liberals, and the state: stalemate -- Booms -- Grand expectations about the world -- Hardening of the Cold War, 1945-1948 -- Domestic politics: Truman's first term -- Red scares abroad and at home -- Korea -- Ike -- World affairs, 1953-1956 -- The biggest boom yet -- Mass consumer culture -- Race -- A center holds, more or less, 1957-1960 -- The polarized sixties: an overview -- The new frontier at home -- JFK and the world -- Lyndon Johnson and American liberalism -- A great society and the rise of rights-consciousness -- Escalation in Vietnam -- Rights, polarization, and backlash, 1966-1967 -- The most turbulent year: 1968 -- Rancor and Richard Nixon -- Nixon, Vietnam, and the world, 1969-1974 -- End of an era? Expectations amid Watergate and recession. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 173 .O94 1997 v. 10 | 30775305488067 | General Collection | Available | - |