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Informationen zum Autor Joanne de Pennington formerly taught at Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds, home of the Schools History Project. Series Editor: Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project. Zusammenfassung Depend on SHP's comprehensive and best-selling core texts to enrich your understanding of A Level History. SHP Advanced History Core Texts are the Schools History Project's acclaimed books for A level History. They offer: - clear and penetrating narrative - comprehensively explaining the content required for examination success - thought provoking and relevant activities that explore the content and help students think analytically about the subject - thorough exam preparation through carefully designed tasks that address the distinctive requirements of A Level history including guidance in essay writing and source-based investigations. - a wide range of revision strategies including structured content summaries Additional features include: - A focus route pathway for independent learners - Learning Trouble Spots - which address common misunderstandings - diagrammatic summaries of key areas of content and historical issues - accessible summaries of recent historical debates. - active learning approaches, including decision-making exercises Modern America This title is a comprehensive core text from the Schools History Project covering the history of the USA from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1990. Major themes include: - Civil Rights: tracing the story of the black population from emancipation through to the 1960s. - Foreign policy: examining the reasons for and the results of the USA's transition from isolationism to worldwide involvement in many arenas. - Industrial growth and change: investigating the USA's development as an economic superpower and the problems and opportunities this has created. Inhaltsverzeichnis : Section 1 The nation expands 1865-1919 : 1 Were black Americans really made free and equal by the abolition of slavery, 1865-1915? : 2 How significant was the settlement of the West, 1865-1900? : 3 Was industrialisation a blessing or a blight for the USA 1880-1917? : 4 From jellyfish to eagle? Why did the USA change its foreign policy 1890-1919? : Section 2 Prosperity, collapse, destruction and victory, 1920-45 : 5 Internationalism or isolationism - did the USA pursue an inconsistent foreign policy, 1920-39? : 6 The Twenties - Jazz Age or Depression Blues? : 7 America in the 1930s - did the New Deal end the Depression? : 8 From neutrality to the bomb - was this America's 'good war'? : Section 3 The most powerful nation, 1945-92 : 9 Why did the Cold War begin, 1945-49? : 10 Fighting the Cold War - how successful was the USA, 1950-68? : 11 Did Americans live 'happily ever after' , 1945-60? : 12 'We shall overcome': how did the challenges of the sixties era change America? : 13 The triumphant superpower: were the 1970s and 1980s really a success for the USA? ...
