ISBN:
0801851963
,
0801851955
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 275 S.
Edition:
2. ed.
Series Statement:
The American moment
DDC:
306/.0973 20
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Culture populaire - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle
;
Guerra fría - Aspectos sociales - EE.UU
;
Guerre froide - Aspect social - États-Unis
;
Koude Oorlog
;
Populaire cultuur
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
;
Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States
;
Antikommunismus
;
Kultur
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Antikommunismus
;
Kultur
Abstract:
""Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?" As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact of the Cold War - and its dramatic ending - on American culture in an updated version of his highly acclaimed study. In a new epilogue to this second edition, he extends his analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, including its effects on the American and European intelligensia, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond." "Whitfield treats his subject matter with the eye of a historian, reminding the reader that the Cold War is now a thing of the past. His treatment underscores the importance of the Cold War to our national identity and forces the reader to ask, Where do we go from here? The question is especially crucial for the Cold War historian, Whitfield argues. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies."--BOOK JACKET.
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a0e5-aa
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/95023468.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/95023468.html
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a0e5-aa
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/95023468.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/95023468.html
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a0e5-aa
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/95023468.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/95023468.html
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