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The American Promise, Volume C A History of the United States: Since 1890

by: Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Cohen, Patricia Cline; Stage, Sarah; Hartmann, Susan M.

The American Promise, Volume C A History of the United States: Since 1890

by: Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Cohen, Patricia Cline; Stage, Sarah; Hartmann, Susan M.

ISBN 13:
9780312569440
ISBN 10:
0312569440
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/09/2012
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

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Summary

The American Promiseappeals to all types of students and provides the right resources and tools to support any classroom environment. A clear political framework supports a vibrant social and cultural story that embraces the voices of hundreds of Americans from presidents to pipefitters and sharecroppers to suffragettes who help students connect with history and grasp important concepts. Now in its fifth edition, The American Promisedoes even more to increase historical analysis skills and facilitate active learning, and its robust array of multimedia supplements make it the perfect choice for traditional face-to-face classrooms, hybrid courses, and distance learning.

Author Biography

JAMES L. ROARK
Born in Eunice, Louisiana, and raised in the West, James L. Roark received his B.A. from the University of California, Davis, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. His dissertation won the Allan Nevins Prize. Since 1983, he has taught at Emory University, where he is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of American History. In 1993, he received the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2001–2002 he was Pitt Professor of American Institutions at Cambridge University. He has written Masters without Slaves: Southern Planters in the Civil War and Reconstruction (1977). With Michael P. Johnson, he is author of Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South (1984) and editor of No Chariot Let Down: Charleston’s Free People of Color on the Eve of the Civil War (1984). MICHAEL P. JOHNSON
Born and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Michael P. Johnson studied at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he received a B.A., and at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he earned his Ph.D. He is currently professor of history at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is the author, co-author, or editor of six books, including Reading the American Past, the documents reader designed to accompany The American Promise. His research has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanties, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavoral Sciences, and the Huntington Library, and with prizes from the Organization of American Historians and the Omohundro Insttute of Early American History and Culture. He is also the recipient of university prizes for outstanding undergraduate teaching. PATRICIA CLINE COHEN
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and raised in Palo Alto, California, Patricia Cline Cohen earned a B.A. at the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1976, she joined the history faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2005–2006 she received the university’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Cohen has written A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America (1982; reissued 1999) and The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York (1998). She is coauthor of The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York (2008). In 2001–2002 she was the Distinguished Senior Mellon Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. SARAH STAGE
Sarah Stage was born in Davenport, Iowa, and received a B.A. from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University. She has taught U.S. history for more than twenty-five years at Williams College and the University of California, Riverside. Currently she is professor of Women’s Studies at Arizona State University at the West campus in Phoenix. Her books include Female Complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women’s Medicine (1979) and Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession (1997). She recently returned from China where she had an appointment as visiting scholar at Peking University and Sichuan University. SUSAN M. HARTMANN
Susan M. Hartmann received her B.A. from Washington University and her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. A specialist in modern U.S. history and women’s history, she has published many articles and four books: Truman and the 80th Congress (1971); The Home Front and Beyond: American Women in the 1940s (1982); From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960 (1989); and The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment (1998). She is currently Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University and recently was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

21. Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890-1916

Grassroots Progressivism

Civilizing the City

Progressives and the Working Class

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Making the Workplace Safer: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades"

Progressivism: Theory and Practice

Reform Darwinism and Social Engineering

Progressive Government: City and State

Progressivism Finds a President: Theodore Roosevelt

The Square Deal

Roosevelt the Reformer

Roosevelt and Conservation

The Big Stick

The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft

VISUALIZING HISTORY: "The Birth of Photojournalism"

HISTORICAL QUESTION: "Progressives and Conservation: Should Hetch Hetchy Be Dammed or Saved?"

Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High Tide

Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912

Wilson's Reforms: Tariff, Banking, and the Trusts

Wilson, Reluctant Progressive

The Limits of Progressive Reform

Radical Alternatives

Progressivism for White Men Only

Conclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal State

22. World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920
Woodrow Wilson and the World

Taming the Americas

The European Crisis

The Ordeal of American Neutrality

The United States Enters the War

"Over There"

The Call to Arms

The War in France

The Crusade for Democracy at Home

The Progressive Stake in the War

Women, War, and the Battle for Suffrage

Rally around the Flag — or Else

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Seeking to Serve: An American Woman in Wartime France"

DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Final Push for Woman Suffrage"

A Compromised Peace

Wilson's Fourteen Points

The Paris Peace Conference

The Fight for the Treaty

Democracy at Risk

Economic Hardship and Labor Upheaval

The Red Scare

The Great Migrations of African Americans and Mexicans

Postwar Politics and the Election of 1920

BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS: "Bolshevism"

Conclusion: Troubled Crusade

23. From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932
The New Era

A Business Government

Promoting Prosperity and Peace Abroad

Automobiles, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line Progress

Entertainment for the Masses

The Lost Generation

VISUALIZING HISTORY: "Advertising in a Consumer Age"

HISTORICAL QUESTION: "Was There a Sexual Revolution in the 1920s?"

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Quest for Home Ownership in Segregated Detroit"

Resistance to Change

Rejecting the Undesirables

The Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan

The Scopes Trial

Al Smith and the Election of 1928

The Great Crash

Herbert Hoover: The Great Engineer

The Distorted Economy

The Crash of 1929

Hoover and the Limits of Individualism

Life in the Depression

The Human Toll

Denial and Escape

Working-Class Militancy

Conclusion: Dazzle and Despair

24. The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government

The Making of a Politician

The Election of 1932

BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS: "Fascism: Adolf Hitler and National Socialism"

Launching the New Deal

The New Dealers

Banking and Finance Reform

Relief and Conservation Programs

Agricultural Initiatives

Industrial Recovery

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages and Working Conditions"

Challenges to the New Deal

Resistance to Business Reform

Casualties in the Countryside

Politics on the Fringes

Toward a Welfare State

Relief for the Unemployed

Empowering Labor

Social Security and Tax Reform

Neglected Americans and the New Deal

The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock

The Election of 1936

Court Packing

Reaction and Recession

The Last of the New Deal Reforms

Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New Deal

25. The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945
Peacetime Dilemmas

Roosevelt and Reluctant Isolation

The Good Neighbor Policy

The Price of Noninvolvement

The Onset of War

Nazi Aggression and War in Europe

From Neutrality to the Arsenal of Democracy

Japan Attacks America

Mobilizing for War

Home-Front Security

Building a Citizen Army

Conversion to a War Economy

DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Japanese Internment"

Fighting Back

Turning the Tide in the Pacific

The Campaign in Europe

The Wartime Home Front

Women and Families, Guns and Butter

The Double V Campaign

Wartime Politics and the 1944 Election

Reaction to the Holocaust

BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS: Nazi Anti-Semitism and the Atomic Bomb"

Toward Unconditional Surrender

From Bombing Raids to Berlin

The Defeat of Japan

Atomic Warfare

HISTORICAL QUESTION: "Why Did the Allies Win World War II?"

Conclusion: Allied Victory and America's Emergence as a Superpower

26. Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945-1953
From the Grand Alliance to Containment

The Cold War Begins

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

Building a National Security State

Superpower Rivalry around the Globe

DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Emerging Cold War"

Truman and the Fair Deal at Home

Reconverting to a Peacetime Economy

Blacks and Mexican Americans Push for Their Civil Rights

The Fair Deal Flounders

The Domestic Chill: McCarthyism

HISTORICAL QUESTION: "What Happened to Rosie the Riveter?"

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "An Immigrant Scientist Encounters the Anti-Communist Crusade"

The Cold War Becomes Hot: Korea

Korea and the Military Implementation of Containment

From Containment to Rollback to Containment

Korea, Communism, and the 1952 Election

An Armistice and the War's Costs

Conclusion: The Cold War's Costs and Consequences

27. The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952-1960
Eisenhower and the Politics of the "Middle Way"

Modern Republicanism

Termination and Relocation of Native Americans

The 1956 Election and the Second Term

Liberation Rhetoric and the Practice of Containment

The "New Look" in Foreign Policy

Applying Containment to Vietnam

Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

The Nuclear Arms Race

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Operation Pedro Pan: Young Political Refugees Take Flight"

New Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of Abundance

Technology Transforms Agriculture and Industry

Burgeoning Suburbs and Declining Cities

The Rise of the Sun Belt

The Democratization of Higher Education

The Culture of Abundance

Consumption Rules the Day

The Revival of Domesticity and Religion

Television Transforms Culture and Politics

Countercurrents

The Emergence of a Civil Rights Movement

African Americans Challenge the Supreme Court and the President

Montgomery and Mass Protes

DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Brown Decision"

Conclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet Challenges

28. Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974
Liberalism at High Tide

The Unrealized Promise of Kennedy's New Frontier

Johnson Fulfills the Kennedy Promise

Policymaking for a Great Society

Assessing the Great Society

The Judicial Revolution

The Second Reconstruction

The Flowering of the Black Freedom Struggle

The Response in Washington

Black Power and Urban Rebellions

A Multitude of Movements

Native American Protest

Latino Struggles for Justice

Student Rebellion, the New Left, and the Counterculture

Gay Men and Lesbians Organize

DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Student Protest"

VISUALIZING HISTORY: "Anti-Establishment Clothing"

The New Wave of Feminism

A Multifaceted Movement Emerges

Feminist Gains Spark a Countermovement

BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS: "Transnational Feminisms"

Liberal Reform in the Nixon Administration

Extending the Welfare State and Regulating the Economy

Responding to Environmental Concerns

Expanding Social Justice

Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of Liberalism

29. Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961-1975
New Frontiers in Foreign Policy

Meeting the "Hour of Maximum Danger"

New Approaches to the Third World

The Arms Race and the Nuclear Brink

A Growing War in Vietnam

Lyndon Johnson's War against Communism

An All-Out Commitment in Vietnam

Preventing Another Castro in Latin America

The Americanized War

Those Who Served

A Nation Polarized

The Widening War at Home

The Tet Offensive and Johnson's Move toward Peace

The Tumultuous Election of 1968

BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS: "1968: A Year of Protest"

Nixon, Deetente, and the Search for Peace in Vietnam

Moving toward Detente with the Soviet Union and China

Shoring Up U.S. Interests around the World

Vietnam Becomes Nixon's War

The Peace Accords

The Legacy of Defeat

SEEKNG THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "From the Fall of Saigon to the House of Representatives"

Conclusion: An Unwinnable War

30. America Moves to the Right, 1969-1989
Nixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional Crisis

Emergence of a Grassroots Movement

Nixon Courts the Right

The Election of 1972

Watergate

The Ford Presidency and the 1976 Election

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Mother Campaigns for a Say in Her Children's Education"

The "Outsider" Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Retreat from Liberalism

Energy and Environmental Reform

Promoting Human Rights Abroad

The Cold War Intensifies

Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Ascendancy

Appealing to the New Right and Beyond

Unleashing Free Enterprise

Winners and Losers in a Flourishing Economy

Continuing Struggles over Rights

Battles in the Courts and Congress

Feminism on the Defensive

The Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement

HISTORICAL QUESTION: "Why Did the ERA Fail?"

Ronald Reagan Confronts an "Evil Empire"

Militarization and Interventions Abroad

The Iran-Contra Scandal

A Thaw in Soviet-American Relations

DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Protecting Gay and Lesbian Rights"

Conclusion: Reversing the Course of Government

31. The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989
Domestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H. W. Bush

Gridlock in Government

Going to War in Central America and the Persian Gulf

The Cold War Ends

The 1992 Election

SEEKING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Suing for Access: Disability and the Courts"

The Clinton Administration's Search for the Middle Ground

Clinton's Reforms

Accommodating the Right

Impeaching the President

The Booming Economy of the 1990s

The United States in a Globalizing World

Defining America's Place in a New World Order

Debates over Globalization

The Internationalization of the United States

BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS: "Jobs in a Globalizing Era"

President George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives Abroad

The Disputed Election of 2000

The Domestic Policies of a "Compassionate Conservative"

The Globalization of Terrorism

Unilateralism, Preemption, and the Iraq War

The Obama Presidency: Reform and Backlash

VISUALIZING HISTORY: "Caricaturing the Candidates: Clinton and Obama in 2008"

Conclusion: Defining the Government's Role at Home and Abroad

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