Moving On : The American People Since 1945

by Moss, George Donelson

Edition:

2nd

ISBN13:

9780130171917

ISBN10:

0130171913

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

1/1/2001

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

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Moving On is a comprehensive narrative synthesis covering U.S. History from 1945 until the present. Blending old and new historical approaches. it produces an inclusive account covering the historical experiences of all important groups and their contributions to the most successful multicultural society in human history. Reworked and updated to incorporate recent events and scholarship, the third edition includes the following: a new chapter covering the first few years of the new millennium completely revised bibliographic essays enhanced coverage of social and cultural topics

Preface

Prologue: The American People in 1945

(28)

War As Social Revolution

(1)

Demographic Change

(3)

Economic Transformations

(3)

Women in Wartime

(3)

African Americans at War

(2)

Hispanic Americans in Wartime

(1)

Native Americans in Wartime

(1)

Asian Americans in Wartime

(4)

The Politics of War

(2)

The Election of 1944

(1)

War and Culture

(1)

Hollywood Goes to War

(3)

Wartime Radio

(1)

World War and Its Legacies

(2)

Bibliography

(1)

The Rise of the Cold War

(34)

The United Nations

(1)

Truman Takes Charge

(1)

Origins of Cold War

(10)

Containing Communism

(1)

Two Halves of the Same Walnut

(4)

NATO

(3)

The Chinese Revolution

(3)

Vietnam: The Beginnings

(1)

NSC-68

(1)

Korea

(6)

The Cold War Consensus

(1)

Bibliography

(2)

Postwar America

(24)

The Man from Missouri

(2)

Postwar Politics

(2)

Labor Troubles

(1)

The Election of 1946

(1)

The 80th Congress

(2)

Women

(1)

Civil Rights

(2)

The Election of 1948

(3)

The Fair Deal

(2)

Cold War at Home

(7)

Bibliography

(1)

The American People at Mid-Century

(26)

Demographic Patterns

(1)

An Economy of Abundance

(1)

The Car Culture

(2)

Growth Industries

(1)

The Mixed Economy

(2)

Labor at Mid-Century

(1)

Poverty amidst Plenty

(1)

The Rise of Suburbia

(2)

Class and Status

(1)

The Culture of Affluence

(2)

Women: Family Life and Work

100

(2)

Religion Revived

102

(1)

Social Critics

103

(1)

The Advent of Television

104

(4)

Rock 'n' Roll

108

(2)

Rebels

110

(1)

Bibliography

111

(2)

The Politics of Consensus

113

(28)

The Election of 1952

114

(1)

The War Hero

115

(1)

Dynamic Conservatism

116

(2)

McCarthy: Zenith and Ruin

118

(2)

Consensus Politics

120

(1)

Civil Rights

121

(2)

The New Look

123

(2)

Vietnam: Getting in Deeper

125

(3)

The China Crisis

128

(1)

At the Summit

129

(1)

The CIA at Work

130

(1)

Trouble in Suez

130

(4)

Sputnik

134

(1)

Cuba and Castro

135

(2)

Controversy in Europe

137

(1)

End of an Era

138

(1)

Bibliography

139

(2)

New Frontiers

141

(36)

A Path to the Presidency

141

(2)

The Election of 1960

143

(4)

The Kennedy Style

147

(3)

The Cold Warrior

150

(1)

The Bay of Pigs

150

(2)

The Third World

152

(1)

Berlin

153

(1)

The Missile Crisis

154

(5)

Vietnam: Raising the Stakes

159

(3)

The Space Race

162

(2)

Social Reform

164

(1)

The Economy

165

(1)

Let Freedom Ring

166

(4)

Tragedy in Dallas

170

(3)

The Legacy of Camelot

173

(2)

Bibliography

175

(2)

Great Society and Vietnam

177

(27)

The Tall Texan

177

(2)

Johnson Takes Command

179

(2)

The Election of 1964

181

(1)

Great Society

182

(4)

The Warren Court

186

(3)

Lyndon Johnson and the World

189

(3)

Vietnam: Going to War

192

(4)

The American Way of War

196

(3)

War at Home

199

(1)

Tet-68 and Its Consequences

200

(3)

Bibliography

203

(1)

Rebellion and Reaction

204

(29)

Young Radicals

205

(3)

The Greening of America

208

(5)

The Fire This Time

213

(2)

Black Power

215

(1)

Malcolm X

216

(1)

Freedom's Martyr

217

(1)

Red and Brown Power

218

(1)

Gay-Lesbian Liberation

219

(1)

The Rebirth of Feminism

219

(3)

Women's Liberation

222

(1)

Backlash

223

(1)

The Election of 1968

224

(6)

Summing Up the 1960s

230

(1)

Bibliography

231

(2)

Calming Down

233

(28)

The Politician

234

(2)

Pragmatic Centrism

236

(2)

Nixonomics

238

(1)

The Southern Strategy

239

(2)

The Burger Court

241

(1)

Activists and Reformers

242

(3)

Ecology and Consumerism

245

(1)

The Election of 1972

246

(3)

Watergate

249

(4)

The Decline and Fall of Richard Nixon

253

(5)

Postmortem

258

(1)

Bibliography

259

(2)

The World and Richard Nixon

261

(22)

Nixon and Kissinger

262

(1)

Detente

262

(4)

The China Opening

266

(3)

Vietnam: A War to End a War

269

(6)

The Middle Eastern Dilemma

275

(3)

Chaos in Chile

278

(1)

Troubles in Europe

279

(1)

The Emergence of Japan

280

(1)

Nixonian Diplomacy in Perspective

280

(2)

Bibliography

282

(1)

Era of Limits

283

(28)

A Ford, Not a Lincoln

283

(2)

Economic and Energy Woes

285

(3)

Ford, Kissinger, and the World

288

(1)

Vietnam: Denouement

288

(2)

The Election of 1976

290

(4)

Mr. Carter Goes to Washington

294

(4)

Carter and the World

298

(2)

The Decline of Detente

300

(2)

Disaster in Iran

302

(2)

The Election of 1980

304

(4)

A Time of Troubles

308

(1)

Bibliography

309

(2)

The American People in the 1970s

311

(29)

A Demographic Profile

312

(2)

Economic Stasis

314

(2)

Cars and Computers

316

(3)

New Immigrants

319

(2)

African Americans: A Dual Society

321

(2)

Women: Changing Attitudes and Roles

323

(4)

Education

327

(2)

Religion

329

(1)

The Rise of the Religious Right

329

(1)

The ``Me'' Decade

330

(2)

Popular Culture

332

(5)

A Dismal Decade

337

(1)

Bibliography

338

(2)

Conservatives Resurgent

340

(23)

The Media Man

341

(2)

The Advent of Reaganomics

343

(3)

Recession and Recovery

346

(3)

The Cold War Revived

349

(4)

The Pacific Rim

353

(1)

Disaster in Lebanon

354

(1)

Policing the Western Hemisphere

355

(3)

Reagan: The First Term

358

(1)

The Election of 1984

359

(3)

Bibliography

362

(1)

Thawing the Cold War

363

(27)

The Second Term

364

(2)

The ``Go-Go'' Economy

366

(6)

The Reagan Court

372

(1)

Foreign Policy

373

(2)

The Iraqi-Iranian War

375

(1)

Central America

376

(1)

The Iran-Contra Scandal

377

(5)

The Sleaze Factor

382

(1)

Thawing the Cold War

383

(3)

The Election of 1988

386

(3)

Bibliography

389

(1)

The American People in the 1990s

390

(17)

A Demographic Profile for the 1990s

391

(1)

The Decline of the Middle Classes

392

(2)

A Nation of Immigrants

394

(1)

Black and White, but Not Together

395

(3)

The Assault on Affirmative Action

398

(1)

A Fragmented Society

399

(2)

Culture Wars

401

(1)

Women and Work

402

(2)

The Information Superhighway

404

(1)

The Good Earth

405

(1)

Bibliography

406

(1)

The Post-Cold War World

407

(42)

The Patrician As President

408

(2)

The Supreme Court in the 1990s

410

(2)

The End of the Cold War

412

(2)

The Reappearance of Russia

414

(1)

Bush and the Post-Cold War World

415

(2)

War in the Persian Gulf

417

(4)

The Election of 1992

421

(2)

The Democrats Return

423

(3)

The Republican Earthquake

426

(2)

The Election of 1996

428

(1)

The Impeachment of President Clinton

429

(10)

Clinton and the Post-Cold War World

439

(8)

2000 and Beyond

447

(1)

Bibliography

448

(1)

Appendices

449

(12)

Appendix A The Declaration of Independence

449

(2)

Appendix B Amendments to the United States Constitution Since 1945

451

(2)

Appendix C Presidential Elections Since 1944

453

(1)

Appendix D Population of the United States Since 1940

453

(1)

Appendix E Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Officers Since 1945

454

(2)

Appendix F Immigration to the United States by Region and Selected Countries of Last Residence since 1941

456

(2)

Appendix G Chronology of Significant Events Since 1945

458

(3)

Index

461

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