戦後アメリカ人の生活 Modern American Lives: Individuals and Issues in American History since 1945 : Individuals and Issues in American History since 1945

Browne, Blaine T/ Cottrell, Robert C.

Routledge（2008/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 384 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780765622228
• DDC分類 973.90922

基本説明

The combined biographical/thematic approach is designed to serve two purposes: to present more substantive biographical information, and to offer a fuller examination of key events and issues.

Full Description

The individuals presented in these narrative biographies significantly, and sometimes decisively, impacted contemporary American life in a wide range of areas, including national politics, foreign policy, social and political activism, popular and literary culture, sports, and business. The combined biographical/thematic approach is designed to serve two purposes: to present more substantive biographical information, and to offer a fuller examination of key events and issues. The book is an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses on The United States Since 1945, as well as for courses on Modern America and 20th Century America.

Contents

Part 1 The Years of Consensus, 1945-1960; Chapter 1 Defining the Cold War; Chapter 2 Fighting the Cold War at Home; Chapter 3 The Transformation of Popular Culture; Chapter 4 Outsiders in a Conformist Society; Chapter 5 Defending Democracy in the Nuclear Age; Part 2 From Confidence to Crisis, 1960-1980; Chapter 6 Civil Rights and Social Justice; Chapter 7 Challenges to the Liberal Consensus; Chapter 8 1968: The Hope and the Fear; Chapter 9 Implosions; Chapter 10 The Women's Movement; Part 3 The Search for New Directions, 1980-Present; Chapter 11 The Roaring Eighties; Chapter 12 After the Revolution; Chapter 13 America and the New World Order;