| აღწერილობა |
xvi, 880 p. : illustrations (some color ; 29 cm |
| შინაარსი |
Nation of nations, 1765-1900: forging a new nation -- Expanding nation -- rift and reunion; industrial nation Roots of a modern nation, 1880-1920 -- Progressive impulse; progressivism takes hold; progressivism abroad A new era of the twenties, 1920-1929 -- Getting on with business; a prospering society Economic crisis and the New Deal, 1929-1936: Grest Depression -- New Deal United States transformed, 1933-1945: world in crisis -- Home front Postwar world, 1945-1963 -- Uneasy peace; postwar era -- Cold War politics Toward equality and social reform, 1954-1976 -- civil rights struggle; high tide of reform; voices of protest Trouble years, 1960-1976 -- Vietnam War; Nixon years; hemispheric relations New conservatism, 1976-1990 -- New challenges; a changing nation in a changing world. |
| ანოტაცია |
A history of the United States in the twentieth century, featuring sociological and cultural events, as well as strictly historical, and using many pertinent literary excerpts. |
| ISBN: |
0026529831 |
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02652984X |
| UDC: |
9(73)
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