A Companion to 20th-Century America (Blackwell Companions to American History)

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2006
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A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. * Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship * Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods * Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close

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A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. * Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship * Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods * Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 584
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 28 Nov 2006
ISBN 10: 140515652X
ISBN 13: 9781405156523

Media Reviews

This superb book is a treasure and a delight. Penetrating interpretive essays by almost thirty distinguished historians offer thoughtful perspectives on a turbulent century that brought sweeping changes to the United States even as the nation surged to global dominance. A Companion to 20th-century America is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped contemporary America. Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison This is an important contribution to our understanding of modern American history, with illuminating contributions by many first-rate American historians. Richard Pells, University of Texas-Austin An indispensable book for anyone who wants to learn what America's best historians have written about the American century and its critics. The breadth of topics is dazzling, and fresh insights appear on nearly every page. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

Author Bio

Stephen J. Whitfield is Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University where he holds the Max Richter Chair in American Civilization. Among other works, he is the author of Into the Dark: Hannah Arendt and Totalitarianism (1980), A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till (1988), and The Culture of the Cold War (1991, 1996). He has published widely in modern political and intellectual history, and particularly in American Jewish history.