Modern America A Documentary History Of The Nation Since 1945

Author : Robert H Donaldson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317464699
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern America: A Documentary History of the Nation Since 1945 written by Robert H Donaldson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This primary source reader assembles key documents and firsthand accounts that are emblematic of American life from the end of World War II to the present. Designed to complement a core text for a typical post-1945 U.S. history course, the book offers conciseness and selectivity with balanced coverage of domestic and foreign, societal and cultural issues grouped together chronologically. The readings afford students compelling and sometimes startling insights into the nation's postwar adaptation to its new position of global power and responsibility, wealth, and rapid social change; on through years of energy and ambition, conflict and tragedy, to the post-Vietnam malaise and the rise of Ronald Reagan, the frenzied nineties, and the arrival of the new millennium. Each chapter includes an introduction that sets the documents in historical context, a biographical sketch of a significant person of the time, study questions, and suggestions for further reading.

Author : Gary A. Donaldson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442209593
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Modern America written by Gary A. Donaldson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Dr. Gary A. Donaldson’s highly successful textbook The Making of Modern America, introduces students to the cultural, social and political paths the United States has traveled from the end of WWII to the present day.

Author : Robert P. Ingalls
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405167130
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United States Since 1945 written by Robert P. Ingalls and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing political, social, and cultural issues, this primary source reader allows students to hear the voices of the past, giving a richer understanding of American society since 1945. Comprises over 50 documents, which incorporate political, social, and cultural history and encompass the viewpoints of ordinary people as well a variety of leaders An extended introduction explains to students how to think and work like historians by using primary sources Includes both written texts and photographs Headnotes contextualize the documents and questions encourage students to engage critically with the sources

Author : Gary A. Donaldson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781538104453
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Modern America written by Gary A. Donaldson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Dr. Gary A. Donaldson's highly successful textbook The Making of Modern America, introduces students to the cultural, social and political paths the United States has traveled from the end of WWII to the present day. While deftly cataloging the sweeping changes and major events in America from "Dewey Defeats Truman" through the election of Donald Trump, this newly updated edition never loses touch with that American history taking place at the level of the people. This edition details not just the United States' rich cultural history, but elegantly repositions it as integral to our understanding of any portion of this country's past. Donaldson provides a factual foundation for students and then pushes them to interpret those facts, framing the discussions essential to any complete study of American history.

Author : Dewey W. Grantham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary American History written by Dewey W. Grantham and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119027349
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Empire written by Jim Cullen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEMOCRATIC EMPIRE DEMOCRATIC EMPIRE The United States Since 1945 Democracy and empire often seem like competing, even opposing, concepts. And yet, since the end of World War II, the United States has integrated elements of both in the process of becoming a dominant global power. Democratic Empire: The United States Since 1945 explores the way democracy and empire have converged and been challenged both at home and abroad, surveying the nation’s recent cultural, political and economic history. This account pays particular attention to mass media, the fine arts, and intellectual currents in the era of the American Dream. Concise and engagingly written, Democratic Empire presents a unique analysis of US history since 1945 and the egalitarian and imperial forces that have shaped contemporary America.

Author : George Moss
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 : 9780131815872
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Modern America written by George Moss and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. History from 1900 to 1945. This is the first comprehensive historical narrative to treat the period from the 1890s to 1945 as a coherent unit of study in its own right. A synthesis of the most recent scholarship on the period, it combines the best of a traditional public policy approach with the richness and depth of a new social history perspective.

Author : Richard D. Heffner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698136918
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Documentary History of the United States (Revised and Updated) written by Richard D. Heffner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in a single volume, are the documents, speeches, and letters that have forged American history, now updated with new content such as Trump's inaugural address. Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian Richard D. Heffner and journalist Alexander Heffner, this book includes important documents such as: * The complete text of the Declaration of Independence * The complete Constitution of the United States * The Monroe Doctrine * The Emancipation Proclamation * Woodrow Wilson's War Message to Congress * Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech * John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address * Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech * Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Addresses * Documents relating to September 11, 2001 and the Iraq War This edition has been expanded and updated to include a chapter on the Presidency of Donald Trump.

Author : Gary Donaldson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742548008
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Modern Campaign written by Gary Donaldson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two men on the screen could not know what was to come in their lives, and what was to happen to a nation as elections went electric. Donaldson (history, Xavier U.) concentrates wisely on the political developments and the fine points of the first media-driven presidential election campaign, when both Kennedy and Nixon were feeling their way across a political and journalistic minefield. He covers the debates, of course, but also carefully examines the marketing of the candidates, the political and electoral fallout of campaign events, and the reasons why those haunting images are etched deep into every campaign since. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Gary A. Donaldson
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1510702377
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberalism's Last Hurrah written by Gary A. Donaldson and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1964 campaign was a turning point in the nation’s politics and one of the rare elections in American history marked by sharp ideological divisions. Differences over race relations, the Vietnam War, and federal power divided the parties, and racial issues dominated the campaign as candidates clashed over the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Racial factions disrupted the Democratic Convention and George Wallace openly courted white supremacists. The election took place amid national turmoil and great historic events such as Freedom Summer, the murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi, and the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Seldom had the nation faced a starker choice. The election proved to be a watershed moment in American political history—but not in the way most contemporaries viewed it. Democrat Lyndon Johnson trounced Republican Barry Goldwater in a huge landslide. To most observers at the time, liberalism rode triumphant and conservatism crumbled, with some even talking of the demise of the Republican Party. But it was not to be, as the liberal wave crashed almost immediately and conservatives came to dominate a resurgent Republican Party in the late twentieth century. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.