The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II, 4th ed. and A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America, 5th ed. Two book set

by Chafe, William H.; Baldwin, Alice Mary

• ISBN13: 9780195146950
• ISBN10: 0195146956
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a package of two of Oxford's most popular American history texts: An Unfinished Journey , a text on post-World War II America written by William H. Chafe, and A History of Our Time , edited by Chafe and Harvard Sitkoff, which is a collection of documents covering the same time period. Professors who elect to use both books will be able to purchase both together at a discounted price.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The War Years	3	(28)
Origins of the Cold War	31	(23)
Truman and the Cold War	54	(25)
``The Other Half of the Walnut''	79	(32)
Social Reform and Activism in the Postwar Years
The Paradox of Change	111	(35)
American Society in the Postwar Years
The Civil Rights Movement	146	(31)
``The Gods Bring Threads to Webs Begun''
John F. Kennedy	177	(44)
The Reality and the Myth
LBJ	221	(26)
The Trial of Consensus
Vietnam-The Early Years	247	(26)
``Lyndon's War''	273	(29)
Coming Apart at Home	302	(41)
1968	343	(38)
``Bringing Us Together''	381	(49)
New Rules, Old Realities	430	(40)
The Continuing Intersection of Gender, Class, and Race in the Seventies
The Reagan Years	470	(27)
The 1990s	497	(40)
A Referendum on the Post-World War II Years
Epilogue	537	(6)
Bibliographical Essay	543	(16)
Index	559