{"product_id":"a-companion-to-post1945-america-9780631223252","title":"A Companion to Post1945 America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Post-1945 America\u003c\/i\u003e is an original collection of 34 essays by key scholars on the history and historiography of Post-1945 America.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers society and culture, people and movements, politics and foreign policy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes book review section on essential readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These 34 valuable essays review the current state of historical research on a wide range of issues and contribute to the scholarly study of US history following World War II. The issues reflect the diverse directions that historical inquiry has recently taken … This book will help define the new historiography: highly recommended.” \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a gem of a book that will fascinate anyone whose interest in recent US history goes beyond nostalgia and personalities. Broad enough to cover both tourism and the Cold War, it will quickly become required reading for scholars of the period.” \u003ci\u003eMichael Kazin, Georgetown University and co-author, America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Contributors ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Family and Demography in Postwar America: A Hazard of New Fortunes? 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Lassonde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Power of Place: Race, Political Economy, and Identity in the Postwar Metropolis 20\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert O. Self and Thomas J. Sugrue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 American Religion Since 1945 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames T. Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Time Out: Leisure and Tourism 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan G. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Mass Media: From 1945 to the Present 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan J. Douglas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 What the Traffic Bares: Popular Music “Back in the USA” 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAllen Tullos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Visual Arts in Post-1945 America 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErika Doss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 American Intellectual History and Social Thought Since 1945 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick N. Allitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II PEOPLE AND MOVEMENTS 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 American Political Culture Since 1945 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard H. King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Hyphen Nation: Ethnicity in American Intellectual and Political Life 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Frye Jacobson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Labor During the American Century: Work, Workers, and Unions Since 1945 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoshua B. Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Historiography of the Struggle for Black Equality Since 1945 211\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin Gaines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Postwar Women’s History: The “Second Wave” or the End of the Family Wage? 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy MacLean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Sexuality and the Movements for Sexual Liberation 260\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeth Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 A Movement of Movements: The Definition and Periodization of the New Left 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVan Gosse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Triumph of Conservatives in a Liberal Age 303\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid L. Chappell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Modern Environmentalism 328\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Tyrrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Beyond the Presidential Synthesis: Reordering Political Time 345\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian E. Zelizer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 McCarthyism and the Red Scare 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEllen Schrecker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Politics of “The Least Dangerous Branch”: The Court, the Constitution, and Constitutional Politics Since 1945 385\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary L. Dudziak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Cold War in Europe 406\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn Eisenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Off the Beach: The United States, Latin America, and the Cold War 426\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Grandin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The United States and East Asia in the Postwar Era 446\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames I. Matray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Washington Quagmire: US Presidents and the Vietnam Wars –A Pattern of Intervention 464\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The End of the Cold War 479\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid S. Painter and Thomas S. Blanton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 From the “Atomic Age” to the “Anti-Nuclear Age”: Nuclear Energy in Politics, Diplomacy, and Culture 501\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Samuel Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV ESSENTIAL READING 519\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 J. Anthony Lukas, Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (1985) 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Brinkley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Charles Payne, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom (1995) 525\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Samuel Lubell, The Future of American Politics (1952, 1956, 1965) 529\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNelson Lichtenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Stephanie Coontz, The Way We Never Were (1992) 534\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElaine Tyler May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Alphonso Pinkney, The Myth of Black Progress (1984) 537\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert E. Weems, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Garry Wills, Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man (1970) 540\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Westbrook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Victor Navasky, Naming Names (1980) 545\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Wiener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Edward Said, Orientalism (1978) 550\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelani McAlister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 557\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403441447255,"sku":"9780631223252","price":162.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631223252.jpg?v=1730483482","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-post1945-america-9780631223252","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}