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Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945
Title
Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell.
ISBN
0765624559
1282119621
1315702371
1317464664
1782681566
6612119624
9780765624550
9781282119628
9781315702377
9781317464662
9781782681564
9786612119620
076562222X
0765622238
9780765622228
9780765622235
Published
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 365 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Notes
English.
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Summary
Product 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.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Browne, Blaine T. (Blaine Terry). Modern American lives. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-366).
Contents
George F. Kennan: architect of containment
Henry A. Wallace: champion of the common man and cooperation
I.F. Stone: dissenter in an age of conformity
J. Edgar Hoover: fighter against the red menace
Marilyn Monroe: symbol of the new sexuality
Elvis Presley: rock and roll rebel
Jackie Robinson: racial torchbearer in the national pastime
Allen Ginsberg: avatar of the beats
Curtis LeMay: Apostle of Armageddon
C. Wright Mills: prophet of the new left
Fannie Lou Hunter: Mississippi freedom fighter
César Chávez: guardian of the United Farm Workers Union
Tom Hayden: new left activist
Barry Goldwater: hero of the new right
Robert Kennedy: herald of the new politics
George C. Wallace: practitioner of the politics of rage
Jimi Hendrix: troubadour of psychedelia
Bernadine Dohrn: reformer, radical revolutionary
Gloria Steinem: feminist icon
Phyllis Schafly: counterrevolutionary on the right
Jerry Falwell: standard-bearer of the Christian right
Bill Gates: prophet of techno times
Tiger Woods: golf's great black hope
Clarence Thomas: black conservative in judicial robes
Paul Wolfowitz: Democratic imperialist
Noam Chomsky: radical gadfly.
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Electronic book.
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