{"product_id":"democratic-empire-isbn-9781119027355","title":"Democratic Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eDEMOCRATIC EMPIRE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDEMOCRATIC EMPIRE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States Since 1945 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy and empire often seem like competing, even opposing, concepts. And yet, since the end of World War II, the United States has integrated elements of both in the process of becoming a dominant global power. \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Empire: The United States Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e explores the way democracy and empire have converged and been challenged both at home and abroad, surveying the nation’s recent cultural, political and economic history. This account pays particular attention to mass media, the fine arts, and intellectual currents in the era of the American Dream. Concise and engagingly written, \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Empire\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique analysis of US history since 1945 and the egalitarian and imperial forces that have shaped contemporary America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrelude: The Imperial Logic of the American Dream xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Postwar Decades 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Victory and Anxiety: World War and Cold War, 1945–1962 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColony to Colonizer: American Rise to Globalism 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWages of War: Triumph over Germany and Japan 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Frost: Dawn of the Cold War 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing Red: The Cold War at Home 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying with Dominoes: Cold War Hot Spots 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCold War Showdown: Cuba 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955\/1956) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Conformity and Rebellion: American Culture and Politics, 1945–1963 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBest Worst Time: Early Postwar Years 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoom! The Postwar Economy Explodes 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising Suburbs: Life on the Crabgrass Frontier 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestless in the Promised Land: Suburbia's Critics 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFree Movement: Early Civil Rights Struggles 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Bangs: 1950s Youth Culture 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: A Raisin in the Sun (1959) 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Long 1960s 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Confidence and Agitation: The American Empire at High Tide, 1960–1965 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDishing: The Kitchen Debate as Domestic Squabble 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Prince: JFK 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrand Expectations: The Birth of \"Sixties\" 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOvercoming: The Civil Rights Movement Crests 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoices: Popular Culture of the Early 1960s 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCountercurrents: Civil Rights Skeptics 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLone Star Rising: The LBJ Moment 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlanking Maneuver: Johnson in Vietnam 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFissures: Democratic Fault Lines 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: \"The Times They Are A-Changin'\" (1964) 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Fulfillment and Frustration: An Empire in Conflict, 1965–1974 86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the Moon: Winning the Space Race 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Quagmire: The Vietnam Wars 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDown from the Mountaintop: The Civil Rights Movement 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning Point: 1968 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRight Rising: The Return of Richard Nixon 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen's Work: The Feminist Movement 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRainbows: Rights Revolutions 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrim Peace: Endgame in Vietnam 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrooked Justice: The Triumph and Fall of Nixon 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: Easy Rider (1969) 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Experimentation and Exhaustion: Political Culture of the Sixties, 1965–1975 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Divide: Establishment and Counterculture 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(de)Construction Sites: The Rise of Postmodernism 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystem Failure: The Reorganization of Hollywood 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedium Dominant: Television 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFit Print: Publishing 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKingdom of Rebels: The Reign of Rock 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: \"Chuckles the Clown Bites the Dust,\" The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Reassessment and Nostalgia: The American Empire in the Age of Limits, 1973–1980 144\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1973: Hinge of American History 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocalypse Now: The New Gloom 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDepressingly Decent: Ford and Carter 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolitary Refinement: The Me Decade 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBody Politics: Gender and Its Discontents 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRebellion and Revival: Pop Culture of the Late Seventies 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRight Signal: The Conservative Turn 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: Taxi Driver (1976) 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Indian Summer 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Revival and Denial: The American Empire on Borrowed Time, 1981–1991 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRight Man: The Age of Reagan 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the Cut: Reaganomics 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking Ice: Reagan and the Cold War 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeadwinds: Second]Term Blues 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor God's Sake: Social Conservatism 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeft Ahead: The Legacy of the Sixties in the Eighties 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwan Song: Reagan and the Soviets 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41: The (First) Bush Years 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreely Intervening: United States as Sole Superpower 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: The House on Mango Street (1984) 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Innovation and Nostalgia: The Culture of the Eighties, 1981–1989 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall Transformations: The Rise of the Personal Computer 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsuming Pleasures: Old Fashions, New Gadgets 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing Music: Music Television, or MTV 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYo! African American Culture and the Birth of Hip-Hop 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBourne in the USA: Dissident Voices 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: \"The Message\" (1982) 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Prosperity and Distraction: The Post-Cold War Era, 1991–2001 238\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpposing Justice: The Hill–Thomas Imbroglio 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Black and White: The Changing Colors of Race 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThug Life: Gangsta Rap 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRunning Saga: The O. J. Simpson Case 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily Matters: Demography and the Assault on Patriarchy 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture War: The Fall of George Bush 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComeback Kid: The Rises and Falls of Bill Clinton 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLa Vida Loca: The Roaring Nineties 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTech Sec: Toward the Internet 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInsulated Intervention: US Foreign Policy 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecount: The 2000 Election 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: Exile in Guyville (1993) 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Present Tense 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Comfort and Dread: The American Empire in Decline, 2001–present 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowering Collapse: 9\/11 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnknown Unknowns: The Iraq War 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpending Resources: The Debt Society 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBushed: Second-Term Blues 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDownloading: Twenty-first Century Pop Culture 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePosting: Web 2.0 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreely Unequal: The Tottering US Economy 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAudacious Hopes: The Rise of Barack Obama 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuture History: The Present as Past 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eculture watch: \"Made in America,\" The Sopranos (2007) 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostlude: The Ends of the American Century 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJIM CULLEN\u003c\/b\u003e is chair of the History Department of the Fieldston School in New York. He is the author of numerous books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eEssaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think about History, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2016). He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York with his wife and four children.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDEMOCRATIC EMPIRE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States Since 1945 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy and empire often seem like competing, even opposing, concepts. And yet, since the end of World War II, the United States has integrated elements of both in the process of becoming a dominant global power. \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Empire: The United States Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e explores the way democracy and empire have converged and been challenged both at home and abroad, surveying the nation’s recent cultural, political and economic history. This account pays particular attention to mass media, the fine arts, and intellectual currents in the era of the American Dream. Concise and engagingly written, \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Empire\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique analysis of US history since 1945 and the egalitarian and imperial forces that have shaped contemporary America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989039071461,"sku":"NP9781119027355","price":86.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119027355.jpg?v=1761782539","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/democratic-empire-isbn-9781119027355","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}