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Informationen zum Autor Jim Cullen is chair of the History Department of the Fieldston School in New York. He is the author of numerous books, among them The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003) and Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think about History, Third Edition ( Wiley Blackwell, 2016). He lives in Hastings on Hudson, New York, with his wife and four children. Klappentext A brief survey of U.S. history since the end of World War II, focusing on popular beliefs, fears, and hopes that have shaped American culture and history over the last eight decades.* Explores the ways in which the American people's perceptions of power were as significant as the realities of that power, and how popular beliefs shaped the events of post-WWII America* Gives particular attention to mass media, the fine arts, and intellectual currents, exploring their role in American society* Features "Culture Watch" chapter sidebars, which help students delve into particular classic works of American culture* Intermixes political and social history along with cultural history to provide a comprehensive narrative Zusammenfassung A brief survey of U.S. history since the end of World War II, focusing on popular beliefs, fears, and hopes that have shaped American culture and history over the last eight decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi Prelude: The Imperial Logic of the American Dream xiii Part I The Postwar Decades 1 1 Victory and Anxiety: World War and Cold War, 1945-1962 3 Colony to Colonizer: American Rise to Globalism 4 Wages of War: Triumph over Germany and Japan 5 First Frost: Dawn of the Cold War 9 Seeing Red: The Cold War at Home 12 Playing with Dominoes: Cold War Hot Spots 17 Cold War Showdown: Cuba 19 culture watch: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955/1956) 23 2 Conformity and Rebellion: American Culture and Politics, 1945-1963 27 Best Worst Time: Early Postwar Years 28 Boom! The Postwar Economy Explodes 29 Rising Suburbs: Life on the Crabgrass Frontier 32 Restless in the Promised Land: Suburbia's Critics 35 Free Movement: Early Civil Rights Struggles 40 Big Bangs: 1950s Youth Culture 45 culture watch: A Raisin in the Sun (1959) 49 Part II The Long 1960s 53 3 Confidence and Agitation: The American Empire at High Tide, 1960-1965 55 Dishing: The Kitchen Debate as Domestic Squabble 56 American Prince: JFK 58 Grand Expectations: The Birth of "Sixties" 60 Overcoming: The Civil Rights Movement Crests 61 Voices: Popular Culture of the Early 1960s 64 Countercurrents: Civil Rights Skeptics 65 Lone Star Rising: The LBJ Moment 69 Flanking Maneuver: Johnson in Vietnam 73 Fissures: Democratic Fault Lines 75 culture watch: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964) 80 4 Fulfillment and Frustration: An Empire in Conflict, 1965-1974 86 Over the Moon: Winning the Space Race 87 Imperial Quagmire: The Vietnam Wars 89 Down from the Mountaintop: The Civil Rights Movement 93 Turning Point: 1968 96 Right Rising: The Return of Richard Nixon 99 Women's Work: The Feminist Movement 102 Rainbows: Rights Revolutions 105 Grim Peace: Endgame in Vietnam 108 Crooked Justice: The Triumph and Fall of Nixon 109 culture watch: Easy Rider (1969) 113 5 Experimentation and Exhaustion: Political Culture of the Sixties, 1965-1975 119 The Great Divide: Establishment and Counterculture 120 (de)Construction Sites: The Rise of Postmodernism 125 System Failure: The Reorganization of Hollywood 126 Medium Dominant: Television 128 Fit Print: Publishing 130 Kingdom of Rebels: The Reign of Rock ...
