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The Columbia History of Post-World War II America
Mark Carnes (Ed.)
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Description for The Columbia History of Post-World War II America
Hardback. Editor(s): Carnes, Mark C. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 408.
Beginning with an analysis of cultural themes and ending with a discussion of evolving and expanding political and corporate institutions, The Columbia History of Post-World War II America addresses changes in America's response to the outside world; the merging of psychological states and social patterns in memorial culture, scandal culture, and consumer culture; the intersection of social practices and governmental policies; the effect of technological change on society and politics; and the intersection of changing belief systems and technological development, among other issues. Many had feared that Orwellian institutions would crush the individual in the postwar era, but a ... Read more
Beginning with an analysis of cultural themes and ending with a discussion of evolving and expanding political and corporate institutions, The Columbia History of Post-World War II America addresses changes in America's response to the outside world; the merging of psychological states and social patterns in memorial culture, scandal culture, and consumer culture; the intersection of social practices and governmental policies; the effect of technological change on society and politics; and the intersection of changing belief systems and technological development, among other issues. Many had feared that Orwellian institutions would crush the individual in the postwar era, but a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231121262
SKU
V9780231121262
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About Mark Carnes (Ed.)
Mark C. Carnes, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History at Barnard College, has explored the ways in which history is imagined. In Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies and Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other), he has examined two varieties of the historical imagination. He has pioneered "Reacting to the Past," in which college ... Read more
Reviews for The Columbia History of Post-World War II America
An eclectic, thought-provoking collection of essays... Recommended. CHOICE Students and scholars of American Studies should find this book, with its 'cultural' focus and its mixing and blurring of traditional disciplinary boundaries, an unusually congenial and fruitful exploration of recent American history.
Kent Blaser American Studies This volume, valuable to all interested in American history and contemporary culture, is of ... Read more
Kent Blaser American Studies This volume, valuable to all interested in American history and contemporary culture, is of ... Read more