We the People A Brief American History - Since 1865

Name: We the People A Brief American History - Since 1865
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ISBN: 9780534593575

ISBN-10: 0534593577

ISBN-13: 9780534593575

Edition: 2003

Authors: Peter N. Carroll

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This if Volume II (chapters 15-30) of WE THE PEOPLE. Crafted from the ground up to be a "brief" U.S. History text (rather than a condensed version of a larger text), WE THE PEOPLE tells the story of America through five recurring, interwoven themes: (1) the role of interacting cultures in the development of the American nation; (2) the social/cultural environment's interaction with political forces; (3) the evolution of a national identity; (4) changing cultural values; and (5) individuals' attempts to impose order on physical place and chronological time. Frequent quotations from individuals at all levels of society make this text well-rounded in its presentation of social and cultural…

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List price: $119.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 4/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 732
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584

Peter N. Carroll is Chair of the Board of Governors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War andThe Good Fight Continues: World War II Letters from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (NYU Press, 2006), co-edited with Michael Nash and Melvin Small.




Reconstructing the National Identity, 1865-1877



The Triumph of A National Marketplace, 1877-1893



The Crisis of the 1890s



Industrial Society and Progressive Reform, 1900-1915



The Corporate Economy and Progressive Politics, 1901-1916



The Search For World Order, 1913-1920



Colliding Cultures of the 1920s



Hard Times, 1929-1939



The War Against Fascism, 1931-1945



Cold War Society, 1945-1952



A Troubled Consensus, 1952-1960



Advancing A Liberal Agenda, 1960-1963



Disputing the National Agenda, 1963-1968



The "Imperial Presidency" of Richard Nixon, 1969-1974



An Age of Limits: the 1970s



Politics In A Multicultural Society, 1981-200



Appendix: Documents


Index