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Essential American History 1945 to the Present
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The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War IIThe Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II by William H. Chafe
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See also Chafe's co-edited anthology, A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America.
Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States)Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States) by James T. Patterson
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In the Shadow of War: The United States since the 1930sIn the Shadow of War: The United States since the 1930s by Professor Michael S. Sherry
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The Cold War: A New HistoryThe Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
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See also Walter LaFeber's revisionist classic, America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2002: Updated.
A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar AmericaA Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America by Lizabeth Cohen
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By the Bomb's Early LightBy the Bomb's Early Light by Paul Boyer
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See also Boyer's, When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture.
Homeward Bound: American Families In The Cold War EraHomeward Bound: American Families In The Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May
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Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore (Oxford History of the United States, vol. 11)Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore (Oxford History of the United States, vol. 11) by James T. Patterson
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The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (Studies in Environment and History)The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (Studies in Environment and History) by Adam Rome
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The Origins of the Urban Crisis : Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton Studies in American Politics)The Origins of the Urban Crisis : Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton Studies in American Politics) by Thomas J. Sugrue
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The Liberal Mind in a Conservative Age: American Intellectuals in the 1940s and 1950sThe Liberal Mind in a Conservative Age: American Intellectuals in the 1940s and 1950s by Richard H. Pells
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Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in PerspectiveNightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective by Richard M. Fried
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A good biography on McCarthy is David Oshinsky's, A Conspiracy So Immense. For the mid-century red scare see also: David Caute's, The Great Fear and Stanley Kutler's, The American Inquisition.
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial EqualityFrom Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality by Michael J. Klarman
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Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968 by Steven F. Lawson
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The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992 (American Century Series)The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992 (American Century Series) by Harvard Sitkoff
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Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy (Pivotal Moments in American History)Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy (Pivotal Moments in American History) by James T. Patterson
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On the implications of Brown in a northern city see Ronald Formisano's, Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s.
The 60's: From Memory to HistoryThe 60's: From Memory to History
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Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America) by Lisa McGirr
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See also Matthew Lassiter's, The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South; and Kevin Kruse's, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism.
Sexual Politics, Sexual CommunitiesSexual Politics, Sexual Communities by John D'Emilio
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Vietnam Wars 1945-1990Vietnam Wars 1945-1990 by Marilyn Young
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Still the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to AmericaStill the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America by David Reimers
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The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American PoliticsThe Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics by Dan T. Carter
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Tidal Wave : How Women Changed America at Century's EndTidal Wave : How Women Changed America at Century's End by Sara M. Evans
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See also Evans' pathbreaking earlier book, Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left.
The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America) by Dorothy Sue Cobble
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See also Nancy MacLean's, Freedom is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace.
Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American PoliticsChain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics by Thomas Byrne Edsall
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