Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Reporting America Reporting America Alistair Cooke "This year marks the centenary of the birth of Alistair Cooke, the greatest of all twentieth century reporters of life in America to the rest of the world. To celebrate, we are publishing Reporting A… OL13696474W
Social History of the United States Social History of the United States Daniel J. Walkowitz,Daniel E. Bender This ten-volume encyclopedia explores the social history of 20th-century America in rich, authoritative detail, decade by decade, through the eyes of its everyday citizens. Spanning ten volumes and f… OL17101288W
American mojo, lost and found American mojo, lost and found Peter D. Kiernan Argues that America's might lies in its middle class and calls for a focused directive to reinvigorate the class in order to return the nation to greatness. Award-winning author Peter D. Kiernan foc… OL17875707W
The atomic bomb and American society The atomic bomb and American society G. Kurt Piehler "Drawing on the latest research on the atomic bomb and its history, the contributors to this provocative collection of eighteen essays set out to answer two key questions: First, how did the atomic b… OL18661553W
The unfinished journey The unfinished journey William Henry Chafe Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of postwar America, William H. Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes that have colored our country's past and present, incl… OL1912830W
The gifted generation The gifted generation David R. Goldfield A history of the post-World War II decades traces the efforts of an activist federal government to guide the U.S. toward a realization of the American Dream, exploring the era's unprecedented economi… OL19726216W
Pesticides, a love story Pesticides, a love story Michelle Mart "'Presto! No More Pests!' proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, 'miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer.' Easy to use, effective, and safe: who wouldn't love synth… OL20017431W
Pushing the Limits Pushing the Limits Elaine Tyler May Discusses the role of women during World War II and in the postwar years of both expanding and contracting opportunities for them, as many sought their rightful place as full American citizens. OL3517565W
Bowling Alone Bowling Alone Robert D. Putnam "Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of … OL4291077W
Statistical panic Statistical panic Kathleen M. Woodward "In this moving and thoughtful book, Kathleen Woodward explores the politics and poetics of the emotions, focusing on American culture since the 1960s. She argues that we are constrained in terms of … OL4442931W
Quest for identity Quest for identity Randall Bennett Woods Quest for Identity is a survey of the American experience from the close of World War II, through the Cold War and 9/11, to the present. It helps students understand postwar American history through … OL523192W
The boomer century, 1946-2046 The boomer century, 1946-2046 Richard Croker The Baby Boom generation has always been known as a demographic anomaly and these 77 million Americans have dominated our society for the past 60 years, setting trends and revolutionizing entire indu… OL5849300W
Flash effect Flash effect David J. Tietge "The ways science and technology are portrayed in advertising, in the news, in our politics, and in the culture at large inform the way we respond to these particular facts of life. The better we are… OL5955827W
In therapy we trust In therapy we trust Eva S. Moskowitz "Beginning with the example of a "Mind Cure" developed by mid-nineteenth-century clockmaker Phineas P. Quimby, Moskowitz explains how Americans' growing fascination with therapy led them to adopt new… OL7795365W