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Modern America: The USA, 1865 to the Present - 9780719577444

Modern America: The USA, 1865 to the Present

Joanne de Pennington

$61.77

ISBN-13: 9780719577444
Published: 28/02/2005
Available Stock: 2

Overview

Modern America is a comprehensive core text covering the history of the USA from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1990.

It examines three major themes througout this period:

- Civil Rights, tracing the story of the black population from emancipation through to the 1960s. It asks of these and other minorities how far have different social groups in the USA achieved equality and freedom
- Foreign policy, examining the reasons for and the results of the USAs transition from isolationism to worldwide involvement in many arenas.
- Industrial growth and change, investigating the USA's development as an economic superpower and the problems and opportunities this has created at home and in the wider world.
Modern America is written and edited by leading practitioners who have applied two decades of experience in history curriculum development to the challenge of helping students make the leap from middle to senior secondary schhol.

It combines clear explanation with a source-based, enquiry-led approach. It offers a clear and penetrating narrative which gives students a deep insight into the issues required for understanding the development of the contemporary USA, thorough exam preparation through carefully designed tasks and a wide range of revision strategies including structured content summaries.

CONTENTS

Table of Contents:
Section 1 The nation expands 1865-1919
1 Were black Americans really made free and equal by the abolition of slavery, 1865-1915?
2 How significant was the settlement of the West, 1865-1900?
3 Was industrialisation a blessing or a blight for the USA 1880-1917?
4 From jellyfish to eagle? Why did the USA change its foreign policy 1890-1919?
Section 2 Prosperity, collapse, destruction and victory, 1920-45
5 Internationalism or isolationism - did the USA pursue an inconsistent foreign policy, 1920-39?
6 The Twenties - Jazz Age or Depression Blues?
7 America in the 1930s - did the New Deal end the Depression?
8 From neutrality to the bomb - was this America's 'good war'?
Section 3 The most powerful nation, 1945-92
9 Why did the Cold War begin, 1945-49?
10 Fighting the Cold War - how successful was the USA, 1950-68?
11 Did Americans live 'happily ever after' , 1945-60?
12 'We shall overcome': how did the challenges of the sixties era change America?
13 The triumphant superpower: were the 1970s and 1980s really a success for the USA?

FEATURES

A focus route pathway for independent learners

Learning Trouble Spots - which address common misunderstandings

Diagrammatic summaries of key areas of content and historical issues

Accessible summaries of recent historical debates.