Gary Donaldson, Gary A. Donaldson

Abundance and Anxiety

America, 1945-1960

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Produktbeschreibung

The United States had tremendous opportunities after World War II. The nation's industrial might, geared to defeat Germany and Japan, could now be focused on domestic production. Real wages were up, the GNP was on the rise, industrial production was up, and inflation was under control. The future looked bright for the average American. But this abundance was punctuated with anxiety. Within four years of the end of the war, the Soviet Union had become the new enemy: they had the bomb and China and Eastern Europe had fallen into the Soviet sphere of influence. These two points, the abundance of the growing economy and the anxiety of the Cold War, defined the period from 1945-1960.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780275957735
• ISBN-10: 027595773X
• Artikelnr.: 20985086

Autorenporträt

GARY A. DONALDSON teaches at Xavier University in New Orleans, where he is Associate Professor of History. His first book The History of African Americans in the Military, was published in 1990.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Domestic Politics in Truman's First Term--and the Anatomy of
an Upset The New World Order and the Origins of the Cold War Domestic Fears
and the "Red Scare" America and the Forgotten War: Stopping the March of
Communism in Korea The Fair Deal and Truman's Second Term Eisenhower in the
White House--and the Fall of McCarthy Korea and Foreign Policy in the
Eisenhower Administration The Civil Rights Movement in the Postwar Years
The Use of Abundance: Culture and Society, 1945-1960 The Election of 1960
and the End of an Era Notes Bibliographical Essay Index