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008			120113s1996 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780195076806
050	0	0	_aE173 _b.O94 vol. 10 _a E741
082	0	0	_a973.92 PAT
100	1		_aPatterson, James T.
245	1	0	_aGrand expectations _b: the United States, 1945-1974 _c/ James T. Patterson
260			_aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, 1996.
300			_axviii, 829 p. _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
440		4	_aThe Oxford history of the United States _v; v. 10
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 791-802) and index.
520			_aPatterson (history, Brown Univ.) successfully puts into context the events of a tumultuous 30-year period in U.S. history. Among the tools he uses to do this are an extensive bibliography and ample footnotes and statistics. His focus is on political events and his emphasis is evenly divided between foreign and domestic issues. The main recurring themes are civil rights (and what Patterson calls "rights consciousness") and the containment of communism. It was a period of prosperity that made this rights revolution possible, even though prosperity failed to enable the United States to impose its values throughout the world. More than a summarizer of headline stories, Patterson is judgmental about all characters and issues but is generally evenhanded in his assessments. His work explains the history of the times of the baby boomer generation and could become the definitive work on the era.
651		0	_aUnited States _x--History _z--1945-
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