{"product_id":"contemporary-america-isbn-9781405136402","title":"Contemporary America","description":"This history of America’s recent past focuses on the importance of the United States’ interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a substantial account of the dramatic history of America since 1980, covering the Reagan years, the Clinton presidency, the impact of 9\/11, the War on Terror, and the election of Barack Obama\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on both secondary and primary resources, and includes research taken from newspapers, magazines, official documents, and memoirs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a distinguished contemporary historian and a leading historian of the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the growing fragmentation of American society and the increasing distance between rich and poor under the impact of public policies and global forces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Series Editor's Preface.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Losing Control: The United States in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Borrowing as a Way of Life: A Dependent Economy and a Fragmenting Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Strangers in the Land: Open Borders and American Identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Glad Morning Again: A Reagan Revolution?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Reviving and Winning the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Morning After: The Limitations of Conservatism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Gentleman George, Culture Wars, and the Return of Malaise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Groping for a New World Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Era of Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Porous Borders and Global Warming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The New Age of Bill Clinton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Democracy for the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Comeback Kid v. the Gringrich Who Stole Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Since 2001: Decade of Crises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \"Highly recommended. All levels\/libraries.\" (Choice, 1 October 2011) \u003cb\u003eMichael Heale\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMcCarthy’s Americans: Red Scare Politics in State and Nation, 1935-1965\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Sixties in America: History, Politics and Protest\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eTwentieth-Century America: Politics and Power in the United States, 1900-2000\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). He was previously Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.  The contemporary history of the United States has been shaped by the country's interaction and relationships with the outside world. This fascinating account of America's very recent past covers the Cold War to the War on Terror, the economic 'malaise' of the late 1970s to the global financial crisis of 2008-10, and the US-focused environmental campaign in the 1980s to the global movement against climate change of the 2000s. During the last 30 years, the country, which was once largely self-sufficient economically and which restricted immigration, has transformed into one subject to intense international economic competition and the return of mass immigration.  \u003cp\u003eHeale's book focuses on American political and socioeconomic history in this ‘internationalizing’ context, and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and discusses the election of Barack Obama. It examines the growing fragmentation of American society and the increasing distance between rich and poor under the impact of public policies and global forces. This vibrant and perceptive study of modern American history demonstrates that although it is the most powerful country in the world, the United States in many ways has nonetheless become dependent on others.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This perceptive and engaging account of the United States from Reagan to Obama, and the country's increasingly complex encounter with global forces, is a model of contemporary history. Combining an assured analysis of the nation's political, economic and social evolution, within a framework of increasing American dependency, the book burnishes Michael Heale's reputation as one of the wisest and most versatile historians of the United States. It is destined to instruct, as well as delight, a wide scholarly and general audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRichard Carwardine\u003c\/b\u003e, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988980416741,"sku":"NP9781405136402","price":86.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405136402.jpg?v=1761782298","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/contemporary-america-isbn-9781405136402","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}