Contemporary America

Power, Dependency, and Globalization since 1980

Heale, M. J.

Blackwell History of the Contemporary World

1. Auflage April 2011
326 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-3640-2

John Wiley & Sons

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Kurzbeschreibung

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. Bush, as well as the election of Barack Obama. This vibrant and perceptive study of modern American history helps us to appreciate the shape of the historical landscape and the possibilities and problems that arose during this fast-changing era.

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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

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

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

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.

M. J. Heale, Lancaster University, UK