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Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
James T. Patterson
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Description for Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
Paperback. James T. Patterson skilfully weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic history to present a fascinating survey of postwar America. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 880 pages, 32 pp halftone plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime Minister Edward Heath later said that the United States in the post-War era enjoyed "the greatest prosperity the world has ever known." It was a boom that produced a national euphoria, a buoyant time of grand expectations and ... Read more
Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime Minister Edward Heath later said that the United States in the post-War era enjoyed "the greatest prosperity the world has ever known." It was a boom that produced a national euphoria, a buoyant time of grand expectations and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Oxford History of the United States
Condition
New
Weight
1257g
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195117974
SKU
V9780195117974
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About James T. Patterson
James T. Patterson is Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University.
Reviews for Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
James Patterson has provided a tour d'horizon which unusually is also a Tour de force ... Grand Expectations is an exceptional achievement. There can be little doubt that the volume will become the standard single text on the period.
THES
A sweeping, meticulous synthesis of 30 years, from unique prosperity and influence to uncertainty and social fragmentation.
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THES
A sweeping, meticulous synthesis of 30 years, from unique prosperity and influence to uncertainty and social fragmentation.
... Read more