Democratic Empire - The United States Since 1945

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 ...

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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 "the 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 132
 
culture watch: "Chuckles the Clown Bites the Dust," The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) 140
 
Interlude 144
 
6 Reassessment and Nostalgia: The American Empire in the Age of Limits, 1973-1980 144
 
1973: Hinge of American History 145
 
Apocalypse Now: The New Gloom 150
 
Depressingly Decent: Ford and Carter 153
 
Solitary Refinement: The Me Decade 159
 
Body Politics: Gender and Its Discontents 163
 
Rebellion and Revival: Pop Culture of the Late Seventies 166
 
Right Signal: The Conservative Turn 168
 
culture watch: Taxi Driver (1976) 175
 
Part III Indian Summer 181
 
7 Revival and Denial: The American Empire on Borrowed Time, 1981-1991 183
 
Right Man: The Age of Reagan 184
 
Making the Cut: Reaganomics 187
 
Breaking Ice: Reagan and the Cold War 191
 
Headwinds: Second?]Term Blues 193
 
For God's Sake: Social Conservatism 196
 
Left Ahead: The Legacy of the Sixties in the Eighties 197
 
Swan Song: Reagan and the Soviets 201
 
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Product details

• Authors: Jim Cullen, Jim (Fieldston School in New York City) Cullen
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2016
• EAN: 9781119027348
• ISBN: 978-1-119-02734-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Geschichte, History, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Amerika im 20. Jahrhundert, 20th Century America, American Social & Cultural History, Sozial- u. Kulturgeschichte Amerikas, USA /Geschichte, Politik 1945 ff