12 Great Clashes that Have Shaped Modern America
Publisher: Longman
Published: March 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780321418265
Subjects: United States History (General); History; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; Modern - General; United States - General; 20th century; Anecdotes; Social conditions; Social conflict; Social problems; United States
Description: This book looks at twelve of America's most vivid and influential ideological confrontations, creating a compelling portrait of the issues that have come to define this country's identity. Arthur and Broesamle tell the story of these battles of ideas through the lens of personality. The complex character of our nation is revealed through the ideas and emotions that motivated some of America's most compelling national figures, including Booker T. Washington, John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Betty Friedan and Sandra Day O'Connor. Clashes include: Ownership of America, Railway strike of 1894, Equal rights for blacks, The environment, America's global responsibility, The welfare state, The atomic bomb, The Pentagon papers and impeachment of Nixon, The Korean War, Affirmative action, Women's rights. - Publisher.