Bibliograph

Perspectives, readings on American history in the 20th century, Daniel J. Boorstin, Brooks Mather Kelley, editors, with Ruth Frankel Boorstin and Suzanne Grey Kelley

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Perspectives, readings on American history in the 20th century, Daniel J. Boorstin, Brooks Mather Kelley, editors, with Ruth Frankel Boorstin and Suzanne Grey Kelley

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Perspectives

Oclc number

26094886

Responsibility statement

Daniel J. Boorstin, Brooks Mather Kelley, editors, with Ruth Frankel Boorstin and Suzanne Grey Kelley

Sub title

readings on American history in the 20th century

Summary

This book gives [the students] some perspectives on recent American history. It adds to [their] textbook and [their] understanding by showing different ways of looking at the facts in the story. And it focuses on movements and events so recent that new facts are still appearing about them. [This book] helps [the students] to see how complex are all history of the United States since World War I. -Pref

Table Of Contents

Advertising and mass consumption -- American music in the jazz age -- FDR and legacy of the New Deal -- Decision to drop the atomic bomb -- Is the president imperial -- Impact of the Civil Rights Movement -- Why were we in Vietnam -- Struggle for women's rights -- New immigrants -- After the Cold War, what next -- Glossary

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