{"product_id":"the-united-states-since-1945-a-documentary-reader-paperback-softback-9781405167147","title":"The United States Since 1945; A Documentary Reader (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405167147","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe United States Since 1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Documentary Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert P. Ingalls (Edited by), RP Ingalls (Author), David K. Johnson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405167147, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.331 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEncompassing political, social, and cultural issues, this primary source reader allows students to hear the voices of the past, giving a richer understanding of American society since 1945.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises over 50 documents, which incorporate political, social, and cultural history and encompass the viewpoints of ordinary people as well a variety of leaders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn extended introduction explains to students how to think and work like historians by using primary sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes both written texts and photographs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHeadnotes contextualize the documents and questions encourage students to engage critically with the sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Origins of the Cold War 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Atomic Bomb (1945) 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Policy of Containment (1947) 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Truman Doctrine (1947) 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Critique of Truman's Policies (1946) 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Soviet View of US Policy (1946) 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Prosecution of American Communists (1949) 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Red Scare (1950) 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Lavender Scare (1950) 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Defense of Civil Liberties (1952) 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Postwar Society and Culture 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Growth of Suburbia (1949) 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Critique of Suburbia (1962) 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Consumer Culture and the Home (1947) 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Women's Roles (1950) 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Men's Roles (1956) 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Beat Generation (1956) 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Black Freedom Struggle 62\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Protest against Bus Segregation (1954) 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Southern Manifesto (1956) 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Remembering the Sit-In Demonstrations (1998) 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nonviolent Direct Action (1963) 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Women in the Civil Rights Movement (1964) 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Black Nationalism (1964) 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Economic Justice (1966) 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Vietnam 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The \"Falling Domino\" Principle (1954) 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Escalation of the War (1964) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Defense of the War (1965) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Experiencing the War (1965--70) 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Tet Offensive (1968) 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Kent State Shootings (1970) 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971) 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Politics and Protest in the 1960s 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Young Americans for Freedom (1960) 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Students for a Democratic Society (1962) 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Hippie Counterculture (1967) 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Great Society (1965) 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Cesar Chavez and la Causa (1966) 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The American Indian Movement (2004) 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Environmental Awareness (1962) 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Environmental Movement (1971) 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Gender and Sexuality in the 1960s and 1970s 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Second Wave Feminism (1963) 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The National Organization for Women (1966) 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Radical Feminism (1973) 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Gay Liberation Movement (1969) 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Abortion Rights (1973) 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (1977) 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Pro-Family Movement (1977) 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Conservative Ascendance 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The 1968 Election (1968) 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Crisis of Confidence (1979) 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Religious Right (1980) 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Critique of the Religious Right (1982) 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Second American Revolution (1985) 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Life in the Rust Belt (1987) 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Iran--Contra Investigation (1987) 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The End of Big Government (1996) 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Society in the New Millennium 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Recent Immigration (2006) 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