Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell.

By:

Browne, Blaine T. (Blaine Terry)

Contributor(s):

Cottrell, Robert C, 1950-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780765624550
0765624559
1282119621
9781282119628
1315702371
9781315702377
1317464664
9781317464662
1782681566
9781782681564
9786612119620
6612119624

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modern American lives.DDC classification:

973.91 22

LOC classification:

E747 .B87 2008eb

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Contents:

George F. Kennan: architect of containment -- Henry A. Wallace: champion of the common man and cooperation -- I.F. Stone: dissenter in an age of conformity -- J. Edgar Hoover: fighter against the red menace -- Marilyn Monroe: symbol of the new sexuality -- Elvis Presley: rock and roll rebel -- Jackie Robinson: racial torchbearer in the national pastime -- Allen Ginsberg: avatar of the beats -- Curtis LeMay: Apostle of Armageddon -- C. Wright Mills: prophet of the new left -- Fannie Lou Hunter: Mississippi freedom fighter -- César Chávez: guardian of the United Farm Workers Union -- Tom Hayden: new left activist -- Barry Goldwater: hero of the new right -- Robert Kennedy: herald of the new politics -- George C. Wallace: practitioner of the politics of rage -- Jimi Hendrix: troubadour of psychedelia -- Bernadine Dohrn: reformer, radical revolutionary -- Gloria Steinem: feminist icon -- Phyllis Schafly: counterrevolutionary on the right -- Jerry Falwell: standard-bearer of the Christian right -- Bill Gates: prophet of techno times -- Tiger Woods: golf's great black hope -- Clarence Thomas: black conservative in judicial robes -- Paul Wolfowitz: Democratic imperialist -- Noam Chomsky: radical gadfly.

Summary: Product Description: The individuals presented in these narrative biographies significantly, and sometimes decisively, impacted contemporary American life in a wide range of areas, including national politics, foreign policy, social and political activism, popular and literary culture, sports, and business. The combined biographical/thematic approach is designed to serve two purposes: to present more substantive biographical information, and to offer a fuller examination of key events and issues. The book is an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses on The United States Since 1945, as well as for courses on Modern America and 20th Century America.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-366).

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Product Description: The individuals presented in these narrative biographies significantly, and sometimes decisively, impacted contemporary American life in a wide range of areas, including national politics, foreign policy, social and political activism, popular and literary culture, sports, and business. The combined biographical/thematic approach is designed to serve two purposes: to present more substantive biographical information, and to offer a fuller examination of key events and issues. The book is an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses on The United States Since 1945, as well as for courses on Modern America and 20th Century America.

English.

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