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American Dreams: The United States Since 1945 Paperback - 2011
by H. W. Brands
With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American experience through the last six decades. He chronicles politics, pop culture, and everything in between.
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The story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone-from bestselling historian H.W. Brands
With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American experience through the last six decades. As he chronicles politics, pop culture, and everything in between, Brands traces the changes we have gone through as a nation, recounting the great themes and events that have driven America- from the Yalta conference to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Apollo 11 to 9/11, My Lai to "shock and awe." In his adroit hands, movements and trends unfold through a character- driven narrative that shines a brilliant light on America's watershed moments and reveals a still unfolding legacy of dreams.
With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American experience through the last six decades. As he chronicles politics, pop culture, and everything in between, Brands traces the changes we have gone through as a nation, recounting the great themes and events that have driven America- from the Yalta conference to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Apollo 11 to 9/11, My Lai to "shock and awe." In his adroit hands, movements and trends unfold through a character- driven narrative that shines a brilliant light on America's watershed moments and reveals a still unfolding legacy of dreams.
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- Title American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
- Author H. W. Brands
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Date 2011-05-31
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143119555 / 0143119559
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - 1945-, National characteristics, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009046862
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.9
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