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Quest for identity

America since 1945

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An edition of Quest for identity (2000)

Quest for identity

America since 1945

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Quest for Identity is a survey of the American experience from the close of World War II, through the Cold War and 9/11, to the present. It helps students understand postwar American history through a seamless narrative punctuated with accessible analyses. Randall Woods addresses and explains the major themes that punctuate the period: the Cold War, the Civil Rights and Women's Rights movements, and other great changes that led to major realignments of American life. While political history is emphasized, Woods also discusses in equal measure cultural matters and socio-economic problems. Dramatic new patterns of immigration and migration characterized the period as much as the counterculture, the growth of television and the Internet, the interstate highway system, rock and roll, and the exploration of space. The pageantry, drama, irony, poignancy, and humor of the American journey since World War II are all here.

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2005, Cambridge University Press
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2005, Cambridge University Press
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2001, Harcourt College
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September 1, 2000, Wadsworth Publishing
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Table of Contents

The republic in transition : demobilization and reconversion
The origins of the Cold War
Staying the course : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the politics of moderation
Containing Communism and managing the military-industrial complex : the Eisenhower administration and the Cold War
Capitalism and conformity : American society, 1945-1960
Liberalism reborn : John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the politics of activism
The wages of globalism : foreign affairs during the Kennedy-Johnson era
The dividing of America : Vietnam, Black power, the counterculture, and the election of 1968
Realpolitik or imperialism? : Nixon, Kissinger, and American foreign policy
The limits of expediency : Richard M. Nixon and the American presidency
From confidence to anxiety : American society, 1960-1980
Governing in a malaise : the presidencies of Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter
The culture of narcissism : the Reagan era
In search of balance : America into the twenty-first century.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.92
Library of Congress
E741 .W88 2005, E741.W88 2005

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Pagination
xiii, 593 p. :
Number of pages
593

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Open Library
OL3298462M
Internet Archive
questforidentity1945wood_362
ISBN 10
0521840651, 0521549973
LCCN
2004025179
OCLC/WorldCat
56840310
Library Thing
5224752
Goodreads
3693329
1922297

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