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National characteristics, American United States Civilization 1945- United States Civilization 20th century United States Economic conditions United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 United States History 1945- United States Social conditions United States Social conditions 1918-1932 United States Social conditions 1933-1945 United States Social conditions 1945-Terkel, Studs
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 1997
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Summary: Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-WWII to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 JACBrands, H. W.
Summary: From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided--and sometimes misguided--our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone. Ultimately Brands captures the national experience through the last six decades and reveals the still-unfolding legacy of dreams born out of a global cataclysm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 BRAAllen, Frederick Lewis
Summary: A survey of major changes in American life and ideas during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on economic expansion and its influence on the American standard of living, thinking, and citizenship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 1952