Present Tense: The United States Since 1945
- ISBN-10
- 0395511348
- ISBN-13
- 9780395511343
- Series
- Present Tense
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 640
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin College Division
- Authors
- Virginia Scharff, Robert D. Schulzinger, Michael Schaller
Description
Respected for its coverage of foreign policy and domestic politics, Present Tense also provides a thorough examination of social and cultural history. This edition includes a greater focus on the 1970s and 1980s, and increased coverage of recent immigration.Co-author Karen Anderson of the University of Arizona specializes in women's history in the modern period.
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