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  title info:
    title: Contemporary United States
    sub title: democracy at the crossroads
  name:
    name part: Goddard, Joseph
    name part: 1962-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Duncan, Russell
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2022
    edition: Sixth edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  abstract: "This sixth-edition of a well-established and popular introduction to life in the United States covers everything from US politics, society and culture, to the country's history, economy and place on the world stage. With extensive use of empirical data and illustrative material, Contemporary United States offers readers critical commentary on key political developments and allows them to place this within a wider historical and cultural context. This new edition offers coverage of all of the latest domestic and international developments, including: -The continuing divide between rich and poor, addressing social, legal, economic, and political inequality -The domestic and international ramifications of the Covid-19-induced recession -The rise of China -The return of Putin -The complexity of problems in North Korea, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan -The #MeToo and the Black Lives Matter movements -The ongoing wars on Terror -Trump's use of 'blunt power' at home and abroad -The Biden administration to date Contemporary United States takes a broad, balanced approach - considering conservative and liberal, pragmatic and idealistic perspectives in each chapter - and draws on ideas and frameworks from across the humanities and social sciences. It is essential reading for those taking modules on contemporary America across degree programmes in American studies and civilization, English studies, history, sociology and politics"--
  table of contents: Introduction -- History -- Land and people -- Government -- Politics and democracy -- Society -- Religion, education, social policy -- Culture, media, sports -- The economy -- Global politics -- Prospects.
  note: Joseph Goddard and Russell Duncan.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-363) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Civilization
    temporal: 1970-
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Civilization
    temporal: 21st century
  classification: E169.12 .D855 2022
  classification: 973.93
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Contemporary states and societies
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  location:
    physical location: pda,print
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 220413
    record change date: 20250318214930.0
    record identifier: in00004651548
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng