American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s - Softcover

LaFeber, Walter; Polenberg, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047151134X ISBN 13: 9780471511342

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1975

Synopsis

THE AMERICAN CENTURY is a succinct, well-written history of the United States in the modern (post-1890’s) era. It is valuable for either the second half of U.S. survey courses or for 20th Century U.S. courses for upperclass students. The text places special emphasis on economic and urban growth, social and political change, civil rights and liberties, and the growth of the U.S. into a global superpower. The specialization of each author contributes to an unusually strong balance of coverage. The authors handle both domestic and foreign policy issues and demonstrate the ways in which domestic and foreign policies are linked.

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From the Publisher

New Chapter'Chapter 18, "Who will control the bridge to the 21st century?", has been added to reflect recent changes in the recent years.
General Updating'This edition contains new material on the Bush and Clinton administrations and new material on the "Internationalization of American Sport and Business".
Balanced Coverage'The text is known for its unusually strong emphasis on women's history, economics, U.S. legal history and social history.
Domestic and Foreign Policy'A succinct chronology featuring the interrelationship of domestic culture and politics with the globalization of American power throughout the "American Century".
Pictorial Features'Each chapter features a pictorial section with essays on high-interest topics (ex; gangster films of the 1930's, baseball, modern dance)

About the Author

Walter Lafeber was born and raised in Indiana, attended Hanover College, and then received his Master of Arts degree from Stanford University and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His books include The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad Since 1750 (2nd ed., 1994); Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America (2nd ed., 1993); The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective (2nd ed., 1989); and The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1865-1898 (1963). He also wrote The American Search for Opportunity, Volume II of the Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations (1994). Since 1968, Professor Lafeber has been the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of American History at Cornell University, and in 1994, he was named a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow.

Polenberg received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research area is modern political and social history.

Nancy Woloch teaches history and American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of 'Muller vs. Oregon: A Brief History with Documents' (1996); co-author of 'The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s' (1998), with Walter Lafeber and Richard Polenberg; and co-author of 'The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People' (4th ed., 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 047151134X
• ISBN 13: 9780471511342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544