The making of modern America : the nation from 1945 to the present /

The third edition of Dr. Gary A. Donaldson's highly successful textbook The Making of Modern America, introduces students to the cultural, social and political paths the United States has traveled from the end of WWII to the present day.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Donaldson, Gary (Author)
Corporate Author:	Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
Edition:	Third edition.
Subjects:	United States > History > 1945- United States. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General. Since 1945 History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preface; Ch01. Postwar Adjustments; Ch02. The Early Cold War; Ch03. Affluence and Anxiety; Ch04. The Eisenhower Presidency; Ch05. Kennedy at Home and Abroad; Ch06. "We Shall Continue"; Ch07. The Nation in the 1960s; Ch08. Out of the 1960s and into the 1970s; Ch09. America in the 1970s; Ch10. The Reagan Years; Ch11.The Kinder, Gentler Conservatism of George H. W. Bush; Ch12. Bill Clinton's America; Ch13. America after the New Millennium; Ch14. The Second Bush and Obama; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author