| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 448 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Oxford history of the United States |
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Oxford history of the United States.
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| Contents |
The troubled 1970's -- Sex, families, stagflation -- The political world of the mid-1970s -- Carter, Reagan, and the rise of the right -- "Morning again in America" -- America and the world in the 1980's -- Bush 41 -- "Culture wars" and "decline" in the 1990's -- Immigration, multiculturalism, race -- Political wars of the early Clinton years -- Prosperity, partisanship, terrorism -- Impeachment and electoral crisis, 1998-2000 |
| Summary |
James Patterson's Bancroft Prize-winning Grand Expectations, the penultimate volume in the Oxford History of the United States, was hailed by The New York Times as ""a spirited, sprawling narrative of American life"" and by The Wall Street Journal as ""a tour de force."" Now, in the finalchronological volume of this acclaimed series, Patterson again offers an authoritative and vibrant history of a turbulent period in American life. Restless Giant provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush, in a sw |
| Analysis |
Humaniora Historie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- 1969- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140306
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199727193 |
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0199727198 |
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142373372X |
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9781423733720 |
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9780195122169 |
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019512216X |
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1280470801 |
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9781280470806 |
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9786610470808 |
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6610470804 |
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9780195305227 |
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0195305221 |
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9780199741106 |
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0199741107 |
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