Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
- ISBN-10
- 019507680X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195076806
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 829
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- James T. Patterson
Description
Interweaving key cultural, economic, social, and political events, a history of the United States in the post-World War II era ranges from 1945, through a turbulent period of economic growth and social upheaval, to Watergate and Nixon's 1974 resignation
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- 1997-11-20
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