GRANT TRACEY, an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, teaches film studies and creative writing./e His short stories have appeared in a variety of publications, and he is also fiction editor for the North American Review.

• Introduction America Before the Civil War The Civil War, 1861-1865 The Way West, and America's Two Solitudes, 1840-1900 The Country versus the City: The Agrarian and Industrial Conflict, 1870-1940 Immigration and the Challenge to Anglo-Conformity, 1885-1961 World War One and Goodbye to All That, 1916-1933 The Great Depression, Documentary Expression, and Representing the Previously Unrepresented, 1929-1967 World War Two and the Individual Versus the Collective, 1933-1950s Postwar Alienation and Despair, 1946-1962 Civil Rights and the Battle for Inclusion into the American Dream, 1949-Present The Atomic Bomb, Cold War Paranoia, and the Expanding National Security State, 1946-Present Vietnam and the Things We Carry, 1954-Present The Counter Culture Rebellion and the Quest for Authenticity, 1961-Present Watergate, Political Cynicism, and Hope, 1972-Present Appendix: Multicultural Films Appendix: Woman-centered Films Title Index General Index

GRANT TRACEY, an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, teaches film studies and creative writing./e His short stories have appeared in a variety of publications, and he is also fiction editor for the North American Review.

• Introduction America Before the Civil War The Civil War, 1861-1865 The Way West, and America's Two Solitudes, 1840-1900 The Country versus the City: The Agrarian and Industrial Conflict, 1870-1940 Immigration and the Challenge to Anglo-Conformity, 1885-1961 World War One and Goodbye to All That, 1916-1933 The Great Depression, Documentary Expression, and Representing the Previously Unrepresented, 1929-1967 World War Two and the Individual Versus the Collective, 1933-1950s Postwar Alienation and Despair, 1946-1962 Civil Rights and the Battle for Inclusion into the American Dream, 1949-Present The Atomic Bomb, Cold War Paranoia, and the Expanding National Security State, 1946-Present Vietnam and the Things We Carry, 1954-Present The Counter Culture Rebellion and the Quest for Authenticity, 1961-Present Watergate, Political Cynicism, and Hope, 1972-Present Appendix: Multicultural Films Appendix: Woman-centered Films Title Index General Index

GRANT TRACEY, an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, teaches film studies and creative writing./e His short stories have appeared in a variety of publications, and he is also fiction editor for the North American Review.

• Introduction America Before the Civil War The Civil War, 1861-1865 The Way West, and America's Two Solitudes, 1840-1900 The Country versus the City: The Agrarian and Industrial Conflict, 1870-1940 Immigration and the Challenge to Anglo-Conformity, 1885-1961 World War One and Goodbye to All That, 1916-1933 The Great Depression, Documentary Expression, and Representing the Previously Unrepresented, 1929-1967 World War Two and the Individual Versus the Collective, 1933-1950s Postwar Alienation and Despair, 1946-1962 Civil Rights and the Battle for Inclusion into the American Dream, 1949-Present The Atomic Bomb, Cold War Paranoia, and the Expanding National Security State, 1946-Present Vietnam and the Things We Carry, 1954-Present The Counter Culture Rebellion and the Quest for Authenticity, 1961-Present Watergate, Political Cynicism, and Hope, 1972-Present Appendix: Multicultural Films Appendix: Woman-centered Films Title Index General Index