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Author:   M. J. Heale (Lancaster University, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781405136402

ISBN 10:   1405136405
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   08 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 Losing Control: The United States in 1980. 2 Borrowing as a Way of Life: A Dependent Economy and a Fragmenting Society. 3 Strangers in the Land: Open Borders and American Identity. 4 Glad Morning Again: A Reagan Revolution? 5 Reviving and Winning the Cold War. 6 The Morning After: The Limitations of Conservatism. 7 Gentleman George, Culture Wars, and the Return of Malaise. 8 Groping for a New World Order. 9 The Era of Globalization. 10 Porous Borders and Global Warming. 11 The New Age of Bill Clinton. 12 Democracy for the World. 13 The Comeback Kid v. the Gringrich Who Stole Christmas. 14 Since 2001: Decade of Crises. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.

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""Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."" (Choice, 1 October 2011)

Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. (Choice, 1 October 2011)

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Michael Heale is Professor Emeritus of American History at Lancaster University, and on retirement became Senior Associate Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford. His published works focus primarily on political history, and includes McCarthy’s Americans: Red Scare Politics in State and Nation, 1935-1965 (1998), The Sixties in America: History, Politics and Protest (2001), and Twentieth-Century America: Politics and Power in the United States, 1900-2000 (2004). He was previously Editor of the Journal of American Studies.

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