| Description |
1 online resource (21 entries) : 27 images, digital files. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I. The Years of Consensus, 1945-1960. 1. Defining the Cold War ; George F. Kennan: Architect of Containment ; Henry A. Wallace: Champion of the Common Man and Cooperation -- 2. Fighting the Cold War at Home ; I.F. Stone: Dissenter in an Age of Conformity ; J. Edgar Hoover: Fighter Against the Red Menace -- 3. The Transformation of Popular Culture ; Marilyn Monroe: Symbol of the New Sexuality ; Elvis Presley: Rock and Roll Rebel -- 4. Outsiders in a Conformist Society ; Jackie Robinson: Racial Torchbearer in the National Pastime ; Allen Ginsberg: Avatar of the Beats -- 5. Defending Democracy in the Nuclear Age ; Curtis LeMay: Apostle of Armageddon ; C. Wright Mills: Prophet of the New Left -- |
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Part II. From Confidence to Crisis, 1960-1980. 6. Civil Rights and Social Justice ; Fannie Lou Hamer: Mississippi Freedom Fighter ; Car C`hvez: Guardian of the United Farm Workers Union -- 7. Challenges to the Liberal Consensus ; Tom Hayden: New Left Activist ; Barry Goldwater: Hero of the New Right -- 8. 1968: The Hope and the Fear ; Robert Kennedy: Herald of the New Politics ; George C. Wallace: Practitioner of the Politics of Rage -- 9. Implosions: Collapse of the Counterculture and the New Left ; Jimi Hendrix: Troubadour of Psychedelia ; Bernardine Dohrn: Reformer, Radical, Revolutionary -- 10. The Women's Movement: Revolution and Reaction ; Gloria Steinem: Feminist Icon ; Phyllis Schlafly: Counterrevolutionnary on the Right -- |
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Part III. The Search for New Directions, 1980-Present. 11. The Roaring Eighties: Piety and Profit ; Jerry Falwell: Standard-Bearer of the Christian Right ; Bill Gates: Prophet of Techno-Times -- 12. After the Revolution: New Horizons for Black Americans ; Tiger Woods: Golf's Great Black Hope ;Clarence Thomas: Black Conservative in Judicial Robes -- 13. America and the New World Order ; Paul Wolfowitz: Democratic Imperialist ; Noam Chomsky: Radical Gadfly. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
This book seeks not only to acquaint students with the lives of a variety of influential Americans, both famous and lesser-known, but also to provide a comprehensive examination, through those lives, of the critical issues that determined the course of modern American history. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- History -- 1945- -- Biography.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cottrell, Robert C., 1950-
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Individuals and issues in American history since 1945. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 076562222X 9780765622228 (DLC) 2007025422 xvi, 365 p. : ill. |
| ISBN |
9781782681564 (online) |
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9780765622228 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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