America's Century: Perspectives on U.S. History Since 1900 - Softcover

Morgan, Iwan W.

9780841913042: America's Century: Perspectives on U.S. History Since 1900

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0841913048 ISBN 13: 9780841913042

Publisher: Holmes & Meier Pub, 1993

A collection of essays offers a chronology of American history, discussing the Progressive Era, the Cold War, and the Great Depression, and examines four topics--American women, Black Americans, constitutional changes, and foreign policy

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From Library Journal:

In compiling this book of essays--six of which are authored by the editors--British historians Morgan and Wynn have relied on their fellow English academics. The first seven chapters follow U.S. history chronologically from 1900 to the present; the remaining deal with specific issues. Morgan is a gifted writer, though his choice of subjects is sometimes curious. His chapters on the 1960s and 1970s contain only one paragraph on Watergate and one sentence on the oil embargoes--events most people living through the time found to be of considerable significance. Jay Kleinber's chapter on women states that women and men do the same work in only a limited number of jobs, disregarding the explosion of the service sector. Neil Wynn's chapters on the 1940s and on African Americans are particularly pedantic and cumbersome. Not recommended as a general library acquisition.
- C. Christopher Pavek, Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc., Information Ctr., Washington, D.C.
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