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Modern American lives, individuals and issues in American history since 1945, Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell

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Modern American lives, individuals and issues in American history since 1945, Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell

Language

eng

Abstract

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

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Modern American lives

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

826658474

Responsibility statement

Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell

Sub title

individuals and issues in American history since 1945

Table Of 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 --Part II. From Confidence to Crisis, 1960-1980. 6. Civil Rights and Social Justice ; Fannie Lou Hamer: Mississippi Freedom Fighter ; Csar Chvez: 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 --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

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Individuals and issues in American history since 1945

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