American dreams
Subtitle: the United States since 1945
By: H.W. Brands.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781594202629
Subjects: National characteristics, American; United States -- History -- 1945-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Description: From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided--and sometimes misguided--our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone. Ultimately Brands captures the national experience through the last six decades and reveals the still-unfolding legacy of dreams born out of a global cataclysm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Visions of omnipotence : 1945-1965; title: Last one standing : 1945-1946; title: The war that never ended : 1946-1948; title: Agnostics and believers : 1949-1954; title: The golden age of the middle class : 1955-1960; title: Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight : 1961-1965; title: pt. 2. The twilight of liberalism : 1965-1986; title: Paved with good intentions : 1965-1968; title: The triumph of cynicism : 1968-1974; title: Days of malaise : 1974-1979; title: South by southwest : 1979-1983; title: Fire or Iceland : 1983-1986; title: pt. 3. Silicon schemes and global connections : 1987-2009; title: History without end : 1987-1991; title: The good old bad old days : 1992-1996; title: Culture clash : 1996-2000; title: Blowback : 2000-2004; title: Still dreaming : 2005-2009.