M. J. Heale

Contemporary America

Power, Dependency, and Globalization Since 1980

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The contemporary history of the United States has been shaped by the country s interaction and relationships with the outside world. This book focuses on American political and socioeconomic history in this internationalizing context, and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W.

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This history of America's recent past focuses on the importance of the United States' interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush.
Provides a substantial account of the dramatic history of America since 1980, covering the Reagan years, the Clinton presidency, the impact of 9/11, the War on Terror, and the election of Barack Obama
Based on both secondary and primary resources, and includes research taken from newspapers, magazines, official documents, and memoirs
Written by a distinguished contemporary historian and a leading historian of the United States
Discusses the growing fragmentation of American society and the increasing distance between rich and poor under the impact of public policies and global forces

Produktdetails

• Blackwell History of the Contemporary World
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9781405136402
• ISBN-10: 1405136405
• Artikelnr.: 33239041

Autorenporträt

Michael Heale is Professor Emeritus of American History at Lancaster University, and on retirement became Senior Associate Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford. His published works focus primarily on political history, and includes McCarthy's Americans: Red Scare Politics in State and Nation, 1935-1965 (1998), The Sixties in America: History, Politics and Protest (2001), and Twentieth-Century America: Politics and Power in the United States, 1900-2000 (2004). He was previously Editor of the Journal of American Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Preface Preface Acknowledgments 1. Losing Control: The
United States in 1980 2. Borrowing as a Way of Life: A Dependent Economy
and a Fragmenting Society 3. Strangers in the Land: Open Borders and
American Identity 4. Glad Morning Again: A Reagan Revolution? 5. Reviving
and Winning the Cold War 6. The Morning After: The Limitations of
Conservatism 7. Gentleman George, Culture Wars, and the Return of Malaise
8. Groping for a New World Order 9. The Era of Globalization 10. Porous
Borders and Global Warming 11. The New Age of Bill Clinton 12. Democracy
for the World 13. The Comeback Kid v. the Gringrich Who Stole Christmas 14.
Since 2001: Decade of Crises Notes Select Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 October 2011)