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Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2: Reconstruction to the Present

by: Madaras, Larry; Sorelle, James M.

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2: Reconstruction to the Present

by: Madaras, Larry; Sorelle, James M.

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9780073527222
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007352722X
Edition: 12th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/27/2006
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2, Twelfth Edition is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in United States history. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading historians, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. For each issue, the editor provides a concise introduction and postscript summary. The introduction sets the stage for the debate as it is argued in the "yes" and "no" readings. The postscript briefly reviews the opposing views and suggests additional readings on the controversial issue under discussion. By requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments, Taking Sides actively develops students' critical thinking skills. It is this development of critical thinking skills that is the ultimate purpose of the volumes in the widely acclaimed Taking Sides program. Book jacket.

Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. xvii
Reconstruction and the Industrial Revolution	p. 1
Is History True?	p. 2
Yes: Oscar Handlin, from Truth in History (The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1979)	p. 4
No: William H. McNeill, from "Mythistory, or Truth, Myth, History, and Historians," American Historical Review (February 1986)	p. 12
Was John D. Rockefeller a "Robber Baron"?	p. 24
Yes: Matthew Josephson, from The Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists, 1861-1901 (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962)	p. 26
No: Ron Chernow, from Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Random House, 1998)	p. 36
Did William M. Tweed Corrupt Post-Civil War New York?	p. 48
Yes: Alexander B. Callow, Jr., from The Tweed Ring (Oxford University Press, 1966)	p. 50
No: Leo Hershkowitz, from Tweed's New York Another Look (Anchor Press, 1977)	p. 59
Did the Industrial Revolution Disrupt the American Family?	p. 68
Yes: Elaine Tyler May, from "The Pressure to Provide: Class, Consumerism, and Divorce in Urban America, 1880-1920," Journal of Social History (Winter 1978)	p. 70
No: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Robert Korstad, and James Leloudis, from "Cotton Mill People: Work, Community, and Protest in the Textile South, 1880-1940," The American Historical Review (April 1986)	p. 79
Did Nineteenth-Century Women of the West Fail to Overcome the Hardships of Living on the Great Plains?	p. 90
Yes: Christine Stansell, from "Women on the Great Plains 1865-1890," Women's Studies (vol. 4, 1976)	p. 92
No: Glenda Riley, from A Place to Grow: Women in the American West (Harlan Davidson, 1992)	p. 100
The Response to Industrialism: Reform and War	p. 119
Did Booker T. Washington's Philosophy and Actions Betray the Interests of African Americans?	p. 120
Yes: W. E. B. Du Bois, from The Souls of Black Folk (1903, Reprint, Fawcett Publications, 1961)	p. 122
No: Louis R. Harlan, from "Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation," in John Hope Franklin and August Meier, eds., Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century (University of Illinois Press, 1982)	p. 130
Was Early Twentieth-Century American Foreign Policy in the Caribbean Basin Dominated by Economic Concerns?	p. 141
Yes: Walter LaFeber, from Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America (W.W. Norton, 1983)	p. 143
No: David Healy, from Drive to Hegemony: The United States in the Caribbean, 1898-1917 (University of Wisconsin Press, 1988)	p. 152
Did the Progressives Fail?	p. 165
Yes: Richard M. Abrams, from "The Failure of Progressivism," in Richard Abrams and Lawrence Levine, eds., The Shaping of the Twentieth Century, 2d ed. (Little, Brown, 1971)	p. 167
No: Arthur S. Link and Richard L. McCormick, from Progressivism (Harlan Davidson, 1983)	p. 177
Was Prohibition a Failure?	p. 189
Yes: David E. Kyvig, from Repealing National Prohibition, 2d ed. (The University of Chicago Press, 1979, 2000)	p. 191
No: John C. Burnham, from "New Perspectives on the Prohibition 'Experiment' of the 1920s," Journal of Social History, Volume 2 (Fall 1968)	p. 201
Did the New Deal Prolong the Great Depression?	p. 212
Yes: Gary Dean Best, from Pride, Prejudice, and Politics: Roosevelt Versus Recovery, 1933-1938 (Praeger, 1990)	p. 214
No: Roger Biles, from A New Deal for the American People (Northern Illinois University Press, 1991)	p. 225
Was It Necessary to Drop the Atomic Bomb to End World War II?	p. 234
Yes: Robert James Maddox, from "The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb," American Heritage (May/June 1995)	p. 236
No: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, from Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005)	p. 245
The Cold War and Beyond	p. 259
Did Communism Threaten America's Internal Security After World War II?	p. 260
Yes: John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, from Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (Yale University Press, 1999)	p. 262
No: Richard M. Fried, from Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1990)	p. 273
Did the Brown Decision Fail to Desegregate and Improve the Status of African Americans?	p. 286
Yes: Peter Irons, from Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision (Viking Press, 2002)	p. 288
No: Richard Kluger, from Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality (Alfred A. Knopf, 1976, 2004)	p. 295
Was the Americanization of the War in Vietnam Inevitable?	p. 306
Yes: Brian VanDeMark, from Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War (Oxford University Press, 1991)	p. 308
No: H.R. McMaster, from Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam (HarperCollins, 1997)	p. 317
Was Richard Nixon America's Last Liberal President?	p. 328
Yes: Joan Hoff-Wilson, from "Richard M. Nixon: The Corporate Presidency," in Fred I. Greenstein, ed., Leadership in the Modern Presidency (Harvard University Press, 1988)	p. 330
No: Bruce J. Schulman, from The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (The Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2001)	p. 340
Did President Reagan Win the Cold War?	p. 355
Yes: John Lewis Gaddis, from The Cold War: A New History (Penguin Press, 2005)	p. 357
No: Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry, from "Who Won the Cold War?" Foreign Policy (Summer 1992)	p. 369
Should America Remain a Nation of Immigrants?	p. 382
Yes: Tamar Jacoby, from "Too Many Immigrants?" Commentary (April 2002)	p. 384
No: Patrick J. Buchanan, from The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization (Thomas Dunne Books, 2002)	p. 395
Is George W. Bush the Worst President in American History?	p. 407
Yes: Sean Wilentz, from "The Worst President in History?" Rolling Stone (May 4, 2006)	p. 411
No: Conrad Black, from "George W. Bush, FDR, and History," American Spectator (April 2005)	p. 424
Contributors	p. 439
Index	p. 445
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