Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush V. Gore
- ISBN-10
- 019512216X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195122169
- Series
- Restless Giant
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-09-23
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- James T. Patterson, Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus James T Patterson
Description
Studies American history from the mid-1970s to the hotly contested presidential election of 2000, describing the key events, movements, people, and social, cultural, political, and economic concerns that shaped the era.
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