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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 xiPrelude: The Imperial Logic of the American Dream xiiiPart I The Postwar Decades 11 Victory and Anxiety: World War and Cold War, 1945-1962 3Colony to Colonizer: American Rise to Globalism 4Wages of War: Triumph over Germany and Japan 5First Frost: Dawn of the Cold War 9Seeing Red: The Cold War at Home 12Playing with Dominoes: Cold War Hot Spots 17Cold War Showdown: Cuba 19culture watch: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955/1956) 232 Conformity and Rebellion: American Culture and Politics, 1945-1963 27Best Worst Time: Early Postwar Years 28Boom! The Postwar Economy Explodes 29Rising Suburbs: Life on the Crabgrass Frontier 32Restless in the Promised Land: Suburbia's Critics 35Free Movement: Early Civil Rights Struggles 40Big Bangs: 1950s Youth Culture 45culture watch: A Raisin in the Sun (1959) 49Part II The Long 1960s 533 Confidence and Agitation: The American Empire at High Tide, 1960-1965 55Dishing: The Kitchen Debate as Domestic Squabble 56American Prince: JFK 58Grand Expectations: The Birth of "the Sixties" 60Overcoming: The Civil Rights Movement Crests 61Voices: Popular Culture of the Early 1960s 64Countercurrents: Civil Rights Skeptics 65Lone Star Rising: The LBJ Moment 69Flanking Maneuver: Johnson in Vietnam 73Fissures: Democratic Fault Lines 75culture watch: "The Times They Are A?]Changin'" (1964) 804 Fulfillment and Frustration: An Empire in Conflict, 1965-1974 86Over the Moon: Winning the Space Race 87Imperial Quagmire: The Vietnam Wars 89Down from the Mountaintop: The Civil Rights Movement 93Turning Point: 1968 96Right Rising: The Return of Richard Nixon 99Women's Work: The Feminist Movement 102Rainbows: Rights Revolutions 105Grim Peace: Endgame in Vietnam 108Crooked Justice: The Triumph and Fall of Nixon 109culture watch: Easy Rider (1969) 1135 Experimentation and Exhaustion: Political Culture of the Sixties, 1965-1975 119The Great Divide: Establishment and Counterculture 120(de)Construction Sites: The Rise of Postmodernism 125System Failure: The Reorganization of Hollywood 126Medium Dominant: Television 128Fit Print: Publishing 130Kingdom of Rebels: The Reign of Rock 132culture watch: "Chuckles the Clown Bites the Dust," The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) 140Interlude 1446 Reassessment and Nostalgia: The American Empire in the Age of Limits, 1973-1980 1441973: Hinge of American History 145Apocalypse Now: The New Gloom 150Depressingly Decent: Ford and Carter 153Solitary Refinement: The Me Decade 159Body Politic...
