The Enduring Vision A History of the American People, Dolphin Edition, Volume 2: From 1865

by Boyer, Paul S.; Clark, Clifford E.; Kett, Joseph F.; Salisbury, Neal; Sitkoff, Harvard

• ISBN13: 9780618473120
• ISBN10: 0618473122
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this text is an economically priced version of The Enduring Vision, 5/e (A(c)2004). The Dolphin Edition offers readers the complete text while limiting the number of photos, tables, and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive, trade-sized history text. Like its hardcover counterpart, the Dolphin Edition's engaging narrative balances political, social, and cultural history within a clear, chronological framework. Each chapter features the latest scholarship, with a special emphasis on technology, public health, disease, and medicine. Significant narrative revisions to the Fifth Edition of The Enduring Vision are reflected in the Dolphin Edition.

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
About the Authors	xxv
16 THE CRISES OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-1877	571	(40)
Reconstruction Politics, 1865-1868	573	(12)
Lincoln's Plan	573	(1)
Presidential Reconstruction Under Johnson	574	(2)
Congress Versus Johnson	576	(2)
The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866	578	(1)
Congressional Reconstruction, 1866-1867	579	(3)
The Impeachment Crisis, 1867-1868	582	(1)
The Fifteenth Amendment and the Question of Woman Suffrage, 1869-1870	583	(2)
Reconstruction Governments	585	(6)
A New Electorate	586	(2)
Republican Rule	588	(1)
Counterattacks	589	(2)
The Impact of Emancipation	591	(8)
Confronting Freedom	591	(2)
Black Institutions	593	(1)
Land, Labor, and Sharecropping	594	(3)
Toward a Crop-Lien Economy	597	(2)
New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876	599	(6)
Grantism	599	(1)
The Liberals' Revolt	600	(1)
The Panic of 1873	601	(2)
Reconstruction and the Constitution	603	(1)
Republicans in Retreat	604	(1)
Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877	605	(6)
Redeeming the South	605	(1)
The Election of 1876	606	(6)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1865-1877	609	(2)
17 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST, 1860-1900	611	(38)
Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West	612	(13)
The Plains Indians	613	(2)
The Destruction of Nomadic Indian Life	615	(2)
Custer's Last Stand, 1876	617	(3)
"Saving" the Indians	620	(1)
The Ghost Dance and the End of the Indian Resistance on the Great Plains, 1890	621	(4)
A PLACE IN TIME The Phoenix Indian School, 1891-1918	622	(3)
Settling the West	625	(7)
The First Transcontinental Railroad	625	(1)
Settlers and the Railroad	626	(1)
Homesteading on the Great Plains	626	(4)
New Farms, New Markets	630	(1)
Building a Society and Achieving Statehood	630	(2)
The Southwestern Frontier	632	(3)
Exploiting the Western Landscape	635	(8)
The Mining Frontier	635	(3)
Cowboys and the Cattle Frontier	638	(3)
Bonanza Farms	641	(1)
The Oklahoma Land Rush, 1889	642	(1)
The West of Life and Legend	643	(6)
The American Adam and the Dime-Novel Hero	643	(1)
Revitalizing the Frontier Legend	644	(1)
Beginning a Conservation Movement	645	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1860-1900	647	(2)
18 THE RISE OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1865-1900	649	(37)
The Rise of Corporate America	650	(9)
The Character of Industrial Change	651	(1)
Railroad Innovations	651	(2)
Consolidating the Railroad Industry	653	(1)
Applying the Lessons of the Railroads to Steel	654	(2)
The Trust: Creating New Forms of Corporate Organization	656	(3)
Stimulating Economic Growth	659	(4)
Custom-Made Products	661	(1)
Advertising and Marketing	661	(1)
Economic Growth: Costs and Benefits	662	(1)
The New South	663	(5)
Obstacles to Economic Development	663	(1)
The New South Creed and Southern Industrialization	664	(1)
The Southern Mill Economy	665	(2)
The Southern Industrial Lag	667	(1)
Factories and the Work Force	668	(7)
From Workshop to Factory	668	(1)
The Hardships of Industrial Labor	669	(2)
Immigrant Labor	671	(1)
Women and Work in Industrial America	672	(2)
Hard Work and the Gospel of Success	674	(1)
Labor Unions and Industrial Conflict	675	(11)
Organizing the Workers	676	(4)
Strikes and Labor Violence	680	(2)
Social Thinkers Probe for Alternatives	682	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1865-1900	685	(1)
19 IMMIGRATION, URBANIZATION, AND EVERYDAY LIFE, 1860-1900	686	(40)
Everyday Life in Flux: The New American City	687	(10)
Migrants and Immigrants	689	(5)
Adjusting to an Urban Society	694	(1)
Slums and Ghettos	695	(1)
Fashionable Avenues and Suburbs	696	(1)
Middle-Class Society and Culture	697	(5)
Manners and Morals	698	(1)
The Cult of Domesticity	699	(1)
Department Stores	699	(1)
The Transformation of Higher Education	700	(2)
Working-Class Politics and Reform	702	(6)
Political Bosses and Machine Politics	702	(2)
Battling Poverty	704	(1)
New Approaches to Social Work	705	(1)
The Moral-Purity Campaign	705	(1)
The Social Gospel	706	(1)
The Settlement-House Movement	707	(1)
Working-Class Leisure in the Immigrant City	708	(6)
Streets, Saloons, and Boxing Matches	709	(1)
The Rise of Professional Sports	710	(2)
Vaudeville, Amusement Parks, and Dance Halls	712	(1)
Ragtime	713	(1)
Cultures in Conflict	714	(12)
Genteel Tradition and Its Critics	715	(4)
A PLACE IN TIME New Orleans, Louisiana, 1890's	716	(3)
Modernism in Architecture and Painting	719	(1)
From Victorian Lady to New Woman	720	(3)
Public Education as an Arena of Class Conflict	723	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1860-1900	725	(1)
20 POLITICS AND EXPANSION IN AN INDUSTRIALIZING AGE, 1877-1900	726	(38)
Party Politics in an Era of Social and Economic Upheaval, 1877-1884	728	(6)
Contested Political Visions	728	(2)
Patterns of Party Strengths	730	(1)
The Hayes White House: Virtue Restored	731	(1)
Regulating the Money Supply	731	(1)
The Spoils System	732	(1)
Civil-Service Reform Succeeds	733	(1)
Politics of Privilege, Politics of Exclusion, 1884-1892	734	(12)
1884: Cleveland Victorious	734	(1)
Tariffs and Pensions	735	(1)
1888: Big Business and the GAR Strike Back	736	(1)
The Grange Movement	737	(2)
The Alliance Movement	739	(3)
African-Americans After Reconstruction	742	(4)
The 1890's: Politics in a Depression Decade	746	(4)
1892: Populists Challenge the Status Quo	746	(1)
The Panic of 1893: Capitalism in Crisis	747	(1)
The Depression of 1893-1897	748	(1)
Business Leaders Hunker Down	749	(1)
The Watershed Election of 1896	750	(4)
1894: Protest Grows Louder	750	(1)
Silver Advocates Capture the Democratic Party	751	(1)
1896: Republicans Triumphant	752	(2)
Expansionist Stirrings and War with Spain, 1878-1901	754	(10)
Roots of Expansionist Sentiment	754	(1)
Pacific Expansion	755	(2)
Crisis over Cuba	757	(1)
The Spanish-American War, 1898	758	(1)
Critics of Empire	759	(1)
Guerrilla War in the Philippines, 1898-1902	760	(6)
IMPORTANT, EVENTS, 1877-1900	763	(1)
21 THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, 1900-1917	764	(41)
Progressives and Their Ideas	766	(4)
The Many Faces of Progressivism	766	(2)
Intellectuals Offer New Social Views	768	(1)
Novelists, Journalists, and Artists Spotlight Social Problems	769	(1)
State and Local Progressivism	770	(13)
Reforming the Political Process	771	(1)
Regulating Business, Protecting Workers	772	(3)
Making Cities More Livable	775	(1)
Progressivism and Social Control	776	(1)
Moral Control in the Cities	776	(2)
Battling Alcohol and Drugs	778	(1)
Immigration Restriction and Eugenics	779	(2)
Racism and Progressivism	781	(2)
Blacks, Women, and Workers Organize	783	(6)
African-American Leaders Organize Against Racism	783	(1)
Revival of the Woman-Suffrage Movement	784	(2)
Enlarging "Woman's Sphere"	786	(1)
Workers Organize; Socialism Advances	787	(2)
National Progressivism Phase I: Roosevelt and Taft, 1901-1913	789	(11)
Roosevelt's Path to the White House	790	(1)
Labor Disputes, Trustbusting, Railroad Regulation	790	(2)
Consumer Protection and Racial Issues	792	(1)
Environmentalism Progressive-Style	792	(2)
Taft in the White House, 1909-1913	794	(2)
The Four-Way Election of 1912	796	(4)
A PLACE IN TIME Hetch Hetchy Valley, California, 1913	798	(2)
National Progressivism Phase II: Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1917	800	(5)
Tariff and Banking Reform	800	(1)
Regulating Business; Aiding Workers and Farmers	801	(1)
Progressivism and the Constitution	802	(1)
1916: Wilson Edges Out Hughes	803	(3)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1900-1917	803	(2)
22 GLOBAL INVOLVEMENTS AND WORLD WAR I, 1902-1920	805	(39)
Defining America's World Role, 1902-1914	806	(7)
The "Open Door": Competing for the China Market	807	(1)
The Panama Canal: Hardball Diplomacy	808	(1)
Roosevelt and Taft Assert U.S. Power in Latin America and Asia	809	(3)
Wilson and Latin America	812	(1)
War in Europe, 1914-1917	813	(12)
The Coming of War	813	(1)
The Perils of Neutrality	814	(3)
Mobilizing at Home, Fighting in France, 1917-1918	817	(1)
Raising, Training, and Testing an Army	818	(1)
Organizing the Economy for War	819	(2)
With the American Expeditionary Force in France	821	(3)
Turning the Tide	824	(1)
Promoting the War and Suppressing Dissent	825	(5)
Advertising the War	825	(2)
Wartime Intolerance and Dissent	827	(2)
Suppressing Dissent by Law	829	(1)
Economic and Social Trends in Wartime America	830	(4)
Boom Times in Industry and Agriculture	830	(1)
Blacks Migrate Northward	831	(1)
Women in Wartime	832	(1)
Public Health Crisis: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic	832	(1)
The War and Progressivism	833	(1)
Joyous Armistice, Bitter Aftermath, 1918-1920	834	(10)
Wilson's Fourteen Points; The Armistice	835	(1)
The Versailles Peace Conference, 1919	836	(1)
The Fight over the League of Nations	837	(2)
Racism and Red Scare, 1919-1920	839	(2)
The Election of 1920	841	(4)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1902-1920	842	(2)
23 THE 1920's: COPING WITH CHANGE, 1920-1929	844	(39)
A New Economic Order	845	(6)
Booming Business, Ailing Agriculture	845	(2)
New Modes of Producing, Managing, and Selling	847	(2)
Women in the New Economic Era	849	(1)
Struggling Labor Unions in a Business Age	850	(1)
The Harding and Coolidge Administrations	851	(5)
Stand Pat Politics in a Decade of Change	852	(1)
Republican Policy Making in a Probusiness Era	853	(1)
Independent Internationalism	854	(1)
Progressive Stirrings, Democratic Party Divisions	855	(1)
Women and Politics in the 1920's: A Dream Deferred	855	(1)
Mass Society, Mass Culture	856	(7)
Cities, Cars, Consumer Goods	856	(3)
Soaring Energy Consumption and a Threatened Environment	859	(1)
Mass-Produced Entertainment	860	(2)
Celebrity Culture	862	(1)
Cultural Ferment and Creativity	863	(8)
The Jazz Age and the Postwar Crisis of Values	863	(5)
A PLACE IN TIME Harlem in the Twenties	866	(2)
Alienated Writers	868	(1)
Architects, Painters, and Musicians Celebrate Modern America	869	(2)
Advances in Science and Medicine	871	(1)
A Society in Conflict	871	(7)
Immigration Restriction	871	(1)
Needed Workers/Unwelcome Aliens: Hispanic Newcomers	872	(1)
Nativism, Anti-Radicalism, and the Sacco-Vanzetti Case	873	(1)
Fundamentalism and the Scopes Trial	874	(1)
The Ku Klux Klan and the Garvey Movement	875	(2)
Prohibition: Cultures in Conflict	877	(1)
Hoover at the Helm	878	(5)
The Election of 1928	878	(1)
Herbert Hoover's Social Thought	879	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1920-1929	881	(2)
24 THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929-1939	883	(44)
Crash and Depression, 1929-1932	884	(6)
Black Thursday and the Onset of the Depression	885	(2)
Hoover's Response	887	(1)
Mounting Discontent and Protest	888	(1)
The Election of 1932	889	(1)
The New Deal Takes Shape, 1933-1935	890	(9)
Roosevelt and His Circle	891	(1)
The Hundred Days	892	(4)
Failures and Controversies Plague the Early New Deal	896	(2)
1934-1935: Challenges from Right and Left	898	(1)
The New Deal Changes Course, 1935-1936	899	(10)
Expanding Federal Relief	899	(3)
Aiding Migrants, Supporting Unions, Regulating Business, Taxing the Wealthy	902	(1)
The Social Security Act of 1935; End of the Second New Deal	903	(1)
The 1936 Roosevelt Landslide and the New Democratic Coalition	904	(2)
The Environment, the West, and Indian Policy	906	(3)
The New Deal's End Stage, 1937-1939	909	(3)
FDR and the Supreme Court	909	(1)
The Roosevelt Recession	910	(1)
Final Measures; Growing Opposition	910	(2)
Social Change and Social Action in the 1930's	912	(8)
The Depression's Psychological and Social Impact	912	(3)
Industrial Workers Unionize	915	(3)
Blacks and Hispanic-Americans Resist Racism and Exploitation	918	(2)
The American Cultural Scene in the 1930's	920	(7)
Avenues of Escape: Radio and the Movies	920	(2)
The Later 1930's: Opposing Fascism; Reaffirming Traditional Values	922	(2)
Streamlining and a World's Fair: Corporate America's Utopian Vision	924	(4)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1929-1939	926	(1)
25 AMERICANS AND A WORLD IN CRISIS, 1933-1945	927	(45)
The United States in a Menacing World, 1933-1939	928	(5)
Nationalism and the Good Neighbor	928	(1)
The Rise of Aggressive States in Europe and Asia	929	(1)
The American Mood: No More War	930	(1)
The Gathering Storm: 1938-1939	931	(1)
America and the Jewish Refugees	931	(2)
Into the Storm, 1939-1941	933	(4)
The European War	933	(1)
From Isolation to Intervention	934	(1)
Pearl Harbor and the Coming of War	935	(2)
America Mobilizes for War	937	(8)
Organizing for Victory	938	(1)
The War Economy	939	(3)
"A Wizard War"	942	(2)
Propaganda and Politics	944	(1)
The Battlefront, 1942-1944	945	(6)
Liberating 'Europe	945	(3)
War in the Pacific	948	(2)
The Grand Alliance	950	(1)
War and American Society	951	(11)
The GIs' War	951	(1)
The Home Front	952	(4)
Racism and New Opportunities	956	(2)
War and Diversity	958	(2)
The Internment of Japanese-Americans	960	(2)
Triumph and Tragedy, 1945	962	(10)
The Yalta Conference	962	(1)
Victory in Europe	963	(2)
The Holocaust	965	(3)
A PLACE IN TIME Honolulu, Hawaii, 1941-1945	966	(2)
The Atomic Bombs	968	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1933-1945	971	(1)
26 THE COLD WAR ABROAD AND AT HOME, 1945-1952	972	(33)
The Postwar Political Setting, 1945-1946	973	(6)
Demobilization and Reconversion	973	(1)
The GI Bill of Rights	974	(3)
The Economic Boom Begins	977	(1)
Truman's Domestic Program	977	(2)
Anticommunism and Containment, 1946-1952	979	(12)
Polarization and Cold War	979	(1)
The Iron Curtain Descends	980	(1)
Containing Communism	981	(2)
Confrontation in Germany	983	(2)
The Cold War in Asia	985	(2)
The Korean War, 1950-1953	987	(4)
The Truman Administration at Home, 1945-1952	991	(5)
The Eightieth Congress, 1947-1948	991	(1)
The Politics of Civil Rights and the Election of 1948	992	(3)
The Fair Deal	995	(1)
The Politics of Anticommunism	996	(9)
Loyalty and Security	996	(1)
The Anticommunist Crusade	997	(2)
Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs	999	(1)
McCarthyism	1000	(2)
The Election of 1952	1002	(4)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1945-1952	1004	(1)
27 AMERICA AT MIDCENTURY, 1952-1960	1005	(38)
The Eisenhower Presidency	1006	(8)
"Dynamic Conservatism"	1007	(3)
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE The Interstate Highway System	1008	(2)
The Downfall of Joseph McCarthy	1010	(1)
Jim Crow in Court	1011	(1)
The Laws of the Land	1012	(2)
The Cold War Continues	1014	(5)
Ike and Dulles	1014	(2)
CIA Covert Actions	1016	(1)
The Vietnam Domino	1016	(2)
Troubles in the Third World	1018	(1)
The Eisenhower Legacy	1019	(1)
The Affluent Society	1019	(7)
The New Industrial Society	1020	(1)
The Age of Computers	1021	(1)
The Costs of Bigness	1022	(2)
Blue-Collar Blues	1024	(1)
Prosperity and the Suburbs	1024	(2)
Consensus and Conservatism	1026	(8)
Togetherness and the Baby Boom	1027	(1)
Domesticity	1028	(1)
Religion and Education	1029	(1)
The Culture of the Fifties	1030	(1)
The Message of the Medium	1031	(1)
The TV Culture	1032	(2)
The Other America	1034	(5)
Poverty and Urban Blight	1034	(1)
Blacks' Struggle for Justice	1035	(1)
Latinos and Latinas	1036	(2)
Native Americans	1038	(1)
Seeds of Disquiet	1039	(4)
Sputnik	1039	(1)
A Different Beat	1040	(1)
Portents of Change	1041	(4)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1952-1960	1042	(1)
28 THE LIBERAL ERA, 1960-1968	1043	(37)
The Kennedy Presidency, 1960-1963	1045	(8)
A New Beginning	1045	(2)
Kennedy's Domestic Record	1047	(2)
Cold War Activism	1049	(1)
To the Brink of Nuclear War	1050	(1)
The Thousand-Day Presidency	1051	(2)
Liberalism Ascendant, 1963-1968	1053	(7)
Johnson Takes Over	1053	(2)
The 1964 Election	1055	(1)
Triumphant Liberalism	1056	(2)
The Warren Court in the Sixties	1058	(2)
The Struggle for Black Equality, 1961-1968	1060	(9)
Nonviolence and Violence	1060	(1)
The African-American Revolution	1061	(1)
The March on Washington, 1963	1062	(1)
The Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts	1063	(1)
Fire in the Streets	1064	(2)
"Black Power"	1066	(3)
Voices of Protest	1069	(5)
Native American Activism	1069	(1)
Hispanic-Americans Organize	1070	(1)
A Second Feminist Wave	1071	(1)
Women's Liberation	1072	(2)
The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam, 1961-1968	1074	(6)
Kennedy and Vietnam	1074	(1)
Escalation of the War	1075	(1)
The Endless War	1076	(1)
Doves Versus Hawks	1076	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1960-1968	1079	(1)
29 A TIME OF UPHEAVAL, 1968-1974	1080	(33)
The Youth Movement	1081	(5)
Toward a New Left	1082	(1)
From Protest to Resistance	1082	(2)
Kent State-Jackson State	1084	(1)
Legacy of Student Frenzy	1085	(1)
The Counterculture	1086	(4)
Hippies and Drugs	1087	(1)
Musical Revolution	1087	(1)
The Sexual Revolution	1088	(1)
Gay Liberation	1089	(1)
1968: The Politics of Upheaval	1090	(7)
The Tet Offensive in Vietnam	1090	(3)
A PLACE IN TIME Haight-Ashbury	1092	(1)
A Shaken President	1093	(1)
Assassinations and Turmoil	1094	(2)
Conservative Resurgence	1096	(1)
Nixon and World Politics	1097	(5)
Vietnamization	1098	(1)
LBJ's War Becomes Nixon's War	1099	(1)
America's Longest War Ends	1099	(1)
Détente	1100	(1)
Shuttle Diplomacy	1101	(1)
Domestic Problems and Divisions	1102	(5)
Richard Nixon: Man and Politician	1102	(1)
The Nixon Presidency	1103	(1)
A Troubled Economy	1104	(1)
Law and Order	1104	(2)
The Southern Strategy	1106	(1)
The Crisis of the Presidency	1107	(6)
The Election of 1972	1107	(2)
The Watergate Upheaval	1109	(1)
A President Disgraced	1110	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1968-1974	1111	(2)
30 SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND WORLD EVENTS FROM FORD TO REAGAN, 1974-1989	1113	(35)
The Long Shadow of the 1960's: Cultural Changes and Continuities	1115	(7)
The Post-1960's Mood: Personal Preoccupations; New Activist Energies	1115	(1)
The Environmental Movement Gains Support	1116	(1)
The Women's Movement: Gains and Uncertainties	1117	(2)
Changing Patterns of Sexual Behavior; the Looming Specter of AIDS	1119	(2)
Conservative Backlash and Evangelical Renaissance	1121	(1)
Patterns of Social Change in Post-1960's America	1122	(5)
Decline of the Family Farm	1123	(1)
The Two Worlds of Black America	1123	(2)
Brightening Prospects for Native Americans	1125	(1)
New Patterns of Immigration	1125	(2)
Years of Malaise: Post-Watergate Politics and Diplomacy, 1974-1980	1127	(6)
The Caretaker Presidency of Gerald Ford, 1974-1976	1127	(1)
The Outsider as Insider: President Jimmy Carter, 1977-1980	1128	(3)
The Middle East: Peace Accords and Hostages	1131	(1)
Troubles and Frustration at the End of Carter's Term	1132	(1)
The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1984	1133	(8)
Background of the Reagan Revolution	1133	(2)
Reaganomics	1135	(1)
Recession and Boom Times	1136	(2)
Reagan Confronts the "Evil Empire" and Crises in the Middle East	1138	(1)
Military Buildup and Antinuclear Protest	1139	(1)
Reagan Reelected	1140	(1)
A Sea of Problems in Reagan's Second Term, 1985-1989	1141	(7)
Budget Deficits and Trade Gaps	1141	(1)
The Iran-Contra Affair and Other Scandals	1142	(1)
Reagan's Mission to Moscow	1143	(2)
The Dangerous Middle East: Continued Tension and Terrorism	1145	(1)
Assessing the Reagan Years	1146	(4)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1974-1989	1147	(1)
31 BEYOND THE COLD WAR: CHARTING A NEW COURSE, 1988-1995	1148	(36)
The Bush Years: Global Resolve, Domestic Drift, 1988-1993	1150	(9)
The Election of 1988	1151	(1)
The Cold War Ends	1151	(2)
Operation Desert Storm	1153	(1)
Home-Front Discontents: Economic, Racial, and Environmental Problems	1154	(3)
The Supreme Court Moves Right	1157	(1)
The Politics of Frustration	1158	(1)
The Clinton Era I: Debating Domestic Policy, 1993-1997	1159	(7)
Shaping a Domestic Agenda	1160	(2)
1994: A Sharp Right Turn	1162	(2)
Welfare Reform	1164	(2)
Social and Cultural Trends in 1990's America	1166	(18)
America in the 1990's: A People in Transition	1167	(2)
Challenges and Opportunities in a Multiethnic Society	1169	(4)
Rethinking Citizenship in an Era of Diversity	1173	(3)
A PLACE IN TIME Miami, Florida, 1990's	1174	(2)
The "New Economy"	1176	(2)
Affluence, Conspicuous Consumption, a Search for Heroes	1178	(2)
A Truce in the Culture Wars?	1180	(5)
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1988-1995	1183	(1)
32 NEW CENTURY, NEW CHALLENGES, 1996 TO THE PRESENT	1184
The Clinton Era II: Domestic Politics, Scandals, Impeachment, 1996-2000	1185	(4)
Campaign 1996 and After; The Battle to Regulate Big Tobacco	1185	(2)
Scandal Grips the White House	1187	(1)
Impeachment	1188	(1)
Clinton's Foreign Policy: Beyond the Cold War	1189	(6)
The Balkans, Russia, and Eastern Europe in the Post-Soviet Era	1189	(1)
Symbolic Gestures in Africa; a Modest Success in Haiti	1190	(1)
The Middle East: Seeking an Elusive Peace, Combating a Wily Foe	1191	(2)
Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism: Confronting Global Security Challenges	1193	(1)
A New World Order?	1194	(1)
The Economic Boom of the 1990's	1195	(4)
Economic Upturn; Surging Stock Market	1196	(1)
An Uneven Prosperity	1197	(1)
America and the Global Economy	1198	(1)
Disputed Election; Conservative Administration, 2000-2002	1199	(7)
Election 2000: Bush Versus Gore	1199	(1)
Feuding in Florida	1200	(2)
The George W. Bush Administration: A Conservative Turn in Domestic Politics	1202	(3)
A Go-It-Alone Foreign Policy; Pursuing Missile Defense	1205	(1)
Recession Woes; Campaign Finance Battles; Environmental Debates	1206	(4)
End of the Economic Boom	1207	(1)
The Rocky Path of Campaign-Finance Reform	1207	(1)
Environmental Issues Persist	1208	(2)
September 11 and Beyond	1210	(6)
America Under Attack	1210	(2)
Battling Terrorist Networks Abroad	1212	(2)
Tightening Home-Front Security	1214	(2)
War in Iraq and Its Painful Aftermath	1216	(11)
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Worsens	1221	(2)
Bankruptcies and Scandals in Corporate America	1223	(2)
Elections of 2002 and 2004	1225	(2)
Conclusion	1227
IMPORTANT EVENTS, 1996 to the Present	1227
Credits	C-1
Index	I-1