United States Since 1945

A Documentary Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Robert P. Ingalls, David K. Johnson, USA) Ingalls, Robert P. (University of South Florida, USA) Johnson, David K. (University of South Florida

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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 leadersAn extended introduction explains to students how to think and work like historians by using primary sourcesIncludes both written texts and photographsHeadnotes contextualize the documents and questions encourage students to engage critically with the sources

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Utgivningsdatum2009-02-06
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt331 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieUncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
Antal sidor256
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405167147

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Robert P. Ingalls is Professor of History at the University of South Florida, and author of Point of Order: A Profile of Senator Joe McCarthy (1981) and of Urban Vigilantes in the New South: Tampa, 1882-1936 (1993). In addition he is co-author (with Louis Perez) of Tampa Cigar Workers: A Pictorial History (2003) and (with Susan Fernandez) of Sunshine in the Dark: Florida in the Movies (2006). David K. Johnson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Florida and author of The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government (2003). He is winner of a 2004 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award as well as the 2005 Herbert Hoover and Randy Shilts book awards.

List of Figures xSeries Editors' Preface xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1Chapter 1 Origins of the Cold War 131 The Atomic Bomb (1945) 132 The Policy of Containment (1947) 173 The Truman Doctrine (1947) 214 A Critique of Truman's Policies (1946) 245 A Soviet View of US Policy (1946) 276 The Prosecution of American Communists (1949) 317 The Red Scare (1950) 358 The Lavender Scare (1950) 379 A Defense of Civil Liberties (1952) 40Chapter 2 Postwar Society and Culture 431 The Growth of Suburbia (1949) 432 A Critique of Suburbia (1962) 473 Consumer Culture and the Home (1947) 494 Women's Roles (1950) 505 Men's Roles (1956) 546 The Beat Generation (1956) 58Chapter 3 The Black Freedom Struggle 621 A Protest against Bus Segregation (1954) 622 The Southern Manifesto (1956) 643 Remembering the Sit-In Demonstrations (1998) 664 Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nonviolent Direct Action (1963) 725 Women in the Civil Rights Movement (1964) 776 Black Nationalism (1964) 807 Economic Justice (1966) 84Chapter 4 Vietnam 881 The "Falling Domino" Principle (1954) 882 Escalation of the War (1964) 893 A Defense of the War (1965) 914 Experiencing the War (1965--70) 945 The Tet Offensive (1968) 1016 Kent State Shootings (1970) 1027 Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971) 103Chapter 5 Politics and Protest in the 1960s 1071 The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) 1072 Young Americans for Freedom (1960) 1093 Students for a Democratic Society (1962) 1104 The Hippie Counterculture (1967) 1145 The Great Society (1965) 1176 Cesar Chavez and la Causa (1966) 1207 The American Indian Movement (2004) 1238 Environmental Awareness (1962) 1269 The Environmental Movement (1971) 131Chapter 6 Gender and Sexuality in the 1960s and 1970s 1351 Second Wave Feminism (1963) 1352 The National Organization for Women (1966) 1403 Radical Feminism (1973) 1444 The Gay Liberation Movement (1969) 1485 Abortion Rights (1973) 1526 Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (1977) 1597 The Pro-Family Movement (1977) 162Chapter 7 Conservative Ascendance 1671 The 1968 Election (1968) 1672 The Crisis of Confidence (1979) 1703 The Religious Right (1980) 1734 A Critique of the Religious Right (1982) 1765 The Second American Revolution (1985) 1806 Life in the Rust Belt (1987) 1847 The Iran--Contra Investigation (1987) 1878 The End of Big Government (1996) 193Chapter 8 Society in the New Millennium 1981 Recent Immigration (2006) 1982 Organized Labor and "Undocumented" Immigrants (2000) 2033 Affirmative Action (2003) 2064 The Culture Wars (2003) 2115 Family Income (1947--2003) 2166 Hurricane Katrina: A View from New Orleans (2005) 2187 Hurricane Katrina: A View from the White House (2006) 2208 The War on Terrorism (2007) 2249 The Internet and Political Activism (2004) 225Bibliography 229Index 236