This popular chronicles America's text roller-coaster journey through the decades since WorLd War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of post-war America, Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political, themes which have colored our country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform. This new edition of The Unfinished Journey has been updated to include a revised epilogue as well as an entirely new chapter on the Clinton presidency and current cultural and political issues.