Name: American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's By Walter Lafeber
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American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's Summary

American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's by Walter Lafeber

THE AMERICAN CENTURY is a succinct, well-written history of the United States in the modern (post-1890's) era. It is valuable for either the second half of U.S. survey courses or for 20th Century U.S. courses for upperclass students. The text places special emphasis on economic and urban growth, social and political change, civil rights and liberties, and the growth of the U.S. into a global superpower. The specialization of each author contributes to an unusually strong balance of coverage. The authors handle both domestic and foreign policy issues and demonstrate the ways in which domestic and foreign policies are linked.

About Walter Lafeber

Walter Lafeber was born and raised in Indiana, attended Hanover College, and then received his Master of Arts degree from Stanford University and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His books include The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad Since 1750 (2nd ed., 1994); Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America (2nd ed., 1993); The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective (2nd ed., 1989); and The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1865-1898 (1963). He also wrote The American Search for Opportunity, Volume II of the Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations (1994). Since 1968, Professor Lafeber has been the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of American History at Cornell University, and in 1994, he was named a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow. Polenberg received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research area is modern political and social history. Nancy Woloch teaches history and American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of 'Muller vs. Oregon: A Brief History with Documents' (1996); co-author of 'The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s' (1998), with Walter Lafeber and Richard Polenberg; and co-author of 'The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People' (4th ed., 2000).

Chapter 1: 1890s: The Beginnings of Modern AmericaChapter 2: 1900-1917: The Progressive EraChapter 3: 1900-1917: A Progressive Foreign Policy - From Peace to WarChapter 4: 1917-1920: The Failure of WWIChapter 5: 1920-1929: The New EraChapter 6: 1929-1936: Depression and New DealChapter 7: 1933-1941: Hard Times - Politics and SocietyChapter 8: 1929- 1941: The Big Breakdown - The United States and the WorldChapter 9: 1941-1947: War and PeaceChapter 10: 1941-1947: One World into TwoChapter 11: 1947-1952: The America of the Cold WarChapter 12: 1952-1957: Eisenhower and the American ConsensusChapter 13: 1957-1963: New Frontiers at Home and AbroadChapter 14: 1963-1968: The Great Society and VietnamChapter 15: 1969-1975: The Imperial Presidency and WatergateChapter 16: 1976-1984: New DirectionsChapter 17: 1985-1992: Who Will Control the Bridge to the Twenty First Century

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9780070360129

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Title

American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's by Walter Lafeber

Author

Walter Lafeber

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Used - Very Good

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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Year published

1997-09-16

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656

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American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's Walter Lafeber

American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's by Walter Lafeber

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American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's Summary

American Century: A History of the United States Since 1890's by Walter Lafeber

About Walter Lafeber

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