Chafe, William H.
The rise and fall of the American century : United States from 1890-2009 / William H. Chafe. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - x, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction: The 1890s, a preview of the next century -- The dawn of progressivism -- America and the world -- The roaring twenties -- FDR and the New Deal -- World War II : 1941-1945 -- The Cold War and the politics of anti-communism : 1945-1952 -- Ike and the affluent society : an age of contradictions -- From Camelot to fragmentation : the 1960s -- Polarization, paranoia, and a new conservatism : America in the 1970s -- Morning in America : Ronald Reagan -- The end of one war, the start of another : politics, culture, and specter of terrorism in the 1990s -- The end of the American century? The first decade of the new millennium.
9780195382624 (acid-free paper) 0195382625 (acid-free paper) 9780195383447 0195383443
2008047482
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
E741 / .C33 2009
973.91
The rise and fall of the American century : United States from 1890-2009 / William H. Chafe. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - x, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction: The 1890s, a preview of the next century -- The dawn of progressivism -- America and the world -- The roaring twenties -- FDR and the New Deal -- World War II : 1941-1945 -- The Cold War and the politics of anti-communism : 1945-1952 -- Ike and the affluent society : an age of contradictions -- From Camelot to fragmentation : the 1960s -- Polarization, paranoia, and a new conservatism : America in the 1970s -- Morning in America : Ronald Reagan -- The end of one war, the start of another : politics, culture, and specter of terrorism in the 1990s -- The end of the American century? The first decade of the new millennium.
9780195382624 (acid-free paper) 0195382625 (acid-free paper) 9780195383447 0195383443
2008047482
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
E741 / .C33 2009
973.91