America: A Concise History, Volume 2: Since 1865
ISBN: 9780312485436 | 0312485433
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 1/20/2009
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Brief and affordable, yet careful not to sacrifice elements vital to student learning,Americagives students and instructors everything they want and nothing they don't. The authors' own abridgement preserves the hallmark explanatory power of the parent text, helping students to understand not only what happened but why so they're never left wondering what's important. A unique seven-part narrative structure highlights the crucial turning points in American history and explores the dynamic forces shaping each period, facilitating students' under... MORE
| Since 1865 | |
| Reconstruction, 1865–1877 | |
| A Maturing Industrial Society, 1877–1914 | |
| The American West | |
| Capital And Labor In The Age Of Enterprise, 1877–1900 | |
| The Industrial City: Building It, Living In It | |
| Politics In The Age Of Enterprise, 1877–1896 | |
| The Progressive Era, 1900–1914 | |
| An Emerging World Power,... MORE | |
| The Modern State And Society, 1914–1945 | |
| War And The American State, 1914–1920 | |
| Modern Times, 1920–1932 | |
| Redefining Liberalism: The New Deal, 1933–1939 | |
| The World At War, 1939–1945 | |
| The Age Of Cold War Liberalism, 1945–1980 | |
| Cold War America, 1945–1960 | |
| The Age Of Affluence, 1945–1960 | |
| The Liberal Consensus: Flaming Out, 1960–1968 | |
| The 1970S: Toward A Conservative America | |
| A Divided Nation in A Disordered World, 1980-2008 | |
| The Reagan Revolution And The End Of The Cold War, 1980–2001 | |
| A Dynamic Economy, A Divided People, 1980–2000 | |
| Stumbling Into The Twenty-First Century | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
JAMES A. HENRETTA is Priscilla Alden Burke Professor of American History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications include The Evolution of American Society, 1700–1815: An Interdisciplinary Analysis; "Salutary Neglect": Colonial Administration under the Duke of Newcastle; Evolution and Revolution: American Society, 1600–1820; The Origins of American Capitalism; and an edited volume, Republicanism and Liberalism in America and the German States, 1750–1850. His most recent publication is a long article, "Charles Evans Hughes and the Strange Death of Liberal America," (Law and History Review, 2006), derived from his ongoing research on The Liberal State in New York, 1820–1975. DAVID BRODY is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Steelworkers in America; Workers in Industrial America: Essays on the 20th Century Struggle; and In Labor’s Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker. His current research is on labor law and workplace regimes during the Great Depression.
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