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History in dispute, American social and political movements, 1945-2000: pursuit of liberty, edited by Robert J. Allison, Vol. 2

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History in dispute, American social and political movements, 1945-2000: pursuit of liberty, edited by Robert J. Allison, Vol. 2

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

History in dispute

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

427645985

Responsibility statement

edited by Robert J. Allison

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Sub title

American social and political movements, 1945-2000: pursuit of liberty

Summary

Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers American social and political movements, 1945-2000. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments

Table Of Contents

Antiwar movement -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Busing -- Carter -- Civil Rights Movement: Methods -- Civil Rights Movement: Goals -- Cold War Causes -- Communism and Civil Rights -- Eisenhower -- End of Cold War -- Fear of Attack -- Feminism -- Genetic Engineering -- Goals of Civil Rights -- Human Rights -- Interstate Highway Act -- Kennedy -- Mass Media -- McCarthyism -- Meaning of Brown -- Middle East Policy -- New World Order -- 1960s Progressive Movement -- Nixon's Foreign Policy -- Nixon's Reputation -- Organized Labor -- Perot -- Political consensus -- Rock and roll -- Roe v. Wade -- Rosenbergs -- Sexual Revolution -- Space Race -- Suburbia -- U.S. Space Program -- Vietnam Causes -- War on Poverty -- Warren Court -- White Flight

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