Present Tense: The United States Since 1945
- ISBN-10
- 0395745349
- ISBN-13
- 9780395745342
- Series
- Present Tense
- Category
- History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Pages
- 571
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- 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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