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Summary:

From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided--and sometimes misguided--our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone. Ultimately Brands captures the national experience through the last six decades and reveals the still-unfolding legacy of dreams born out of a global cataclysm.

Table of Contents:

• I. Visions of omnipotence: 1945-1965
• Last one standing: 1945-1946
• The war that never ended: 1946-1948
• Agnostics and believers: 1949-1954
• The golden age of the middle class: 1955-1960
• Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight: 1961-1965
• II. The twilight of liberalism: 1965-1986
• Paved with good intentions: 1965-1968
• The triumph of cynicism: 1968-1974
• Days of malaise: 1974-1979
• South by southwest: 1979-1983
• Fire or Iceland: 1983-1986
• III. Silicon schemes and global connections: 1987-2009
• History without end: 1987-1991
• The good old bad old days: 1992-1996
• Culture clash: 1996-2000
• Blowback: 2000-2004
• Still dreaming: 2005-2010.

Author/Creator:

Brands, H. W.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

American dreams: the United States since 1945 [by Brands, H.W.]

Subjects:

United States — History — 1945-

United States — Social conditions — 1945-

National characteristics, American

Since 1945

Social conditions

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-400) and index.

Physical Description:

x, 420 pages ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

E741 .B685 2011

ISBNs:

9780143119555
0143119559

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009046862

OCLC Numbers:

727738072