Promises to Keep : The United States since World War II 9780395903865 Used / Pre-owned from other stores

  • Designed for the U.S. Since 1945 course this comprehensive survey presents the... Designed for the U.S. Since 1945 course this comprehensive survey presents the World War II experience as a backdrop for understanding recent developments and events in American history. The text features four principal interwoven themes: the pervasive... more
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  • The World Is a Ghetto compares post-World War II racial dynamics in four count... The World Is a Ghetto compares post-World War II racial dynamics in four countries or regions: the United States South Africa Brazil and the European Union. Howard Winant argues that race remains crucial both for contemporary politics and for concepts... more
  • This text presents a rendering of America from World War II into the 21st cent... This text presents a rendering of America from World War II into the 21st century stressing economic and urban growth social and political change civil rights and liberties and the growth of the United States into a global superpower. more
  • Between 1940 and 1980 the Sunbelt region of the United States grew in populati... Between 1940 and 1980 the Sunbelt region of the United States grew in population by 112 percent while the older graying Northeast and Midwest together grew by only 42 percent. Phoenix expanded by an astonishing 1 138 percent. San Diego Houston... more
  • Little explores the stormy American relationship with the Middle East from Wor... Little explores the stormy American relationship with the Middle East from World War II through the war in Iraq focusing particularly on the complex and often inconsistent attitudes and interests that helped put the United States on a collision course... more
  • This book is about U.S. policy makers who have wielded enormous influence larg... This book is about U.S. policy makers who have wielded enormous influence largely behind the scenes since the end of World War II. The advent of the Cold War brought new problems of national security for the United States. As a result U.S. presidents... more
  • Since World War II the Green Revolution has boosted agricultural production in... Since World War II the Green Revolution has boosted agricultural production in Latin America and other parts of the Third World with money technical assistance and other forms of aid from United States development agencies. But the Green Revolution... more
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