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The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states; the Cold War had begun.
Cold War. Toggle Cold War subsection. Postwar America (1945–1960) Civil unrest and social reforms (1960–1980) Contemporary America. Toggle Contemporary America subsection. 9/11 attacks. Pandemic and cultural change (2016–present) See also. Notes. References. Sources. History of the United States. "American history" redirects here.
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Oxford University Press publishes multivolume "Oxford histories" that usually are intended to synthesize existing scholarship on a topic into general surveys rather than advance novel interpretations. The press has previously published, in 1927, a two-volume history of the United States by Samuel Eliot Morison, titled The Oxford History of the Unit...
None of the volumes published in the series have been written by the authors originally commissioned at the series' first conception.
For the most part, the publication of each volume has been greeted with laudatory reviews. Three of the volumes (McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom, Kennedy's Freedom from Fear, and Howe's What Hath God Wrought) were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History upon their publication. Middlekauff's Glorious Cause and Wood's Empire of Liberty were finalist...
Aron, Stephen (Summer 2018). "The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865–1896. The Oxford History of the United States. By Richard White". We...Cobb, James C. (2022). C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-7021-8.Flatley, Robert (15 February 2005). "Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789". Library Journal. 130 (3): 145. ISSN 0363-0277.O'Brien, Michael (August 2011). "A Response to Trevor Burnard: The Standpoint of an Editor". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 426–430. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 2301...Burnard, Trevor (August 2011). "America the Good, America the Brave, America the Free: Reviewing the Oxford History of the United States". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 407–420. doi:10.1017/...Burnard, Trevor (August 2011b). "A Response by Trevor Burnard". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 437–441. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 23016782.Powells.com: Book Review — Oxford History of the United States #03: The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789, The Atlantic Monthly, 1 March 2005January 20, 2017: Barack Obama: Democratic: 2008: Joe Biden: 2012: 45: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021: Donald Trump: Republican: 2016: Mike Pence: 46: January 20, 2021 – Incumbent: Joe Biden: Democratic: 2020: Kamala Harris: Sources:
britannica .com. The Encyclopædia Britannica ( Latin for 'British Encyclopædia') is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 ...
Beginning. Pre-Columbian America. Colonial America. American Revolution. The Federal Period (1781–1815) Expansion Industrialization And Slavery (1815–1861) Civil War. Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. Progressive era and imperialism. World War I. Boom and bust (1919–1939) World War II. Postwar era (1945–1991)
t. e. The history of the United States from 2008 to the present began with the collapse of the housing bubble, which led to the Great Recession. The resulting economic downturn and general discontent led Barack Obama to win the presidential election in 2008, becoming the country's first African-American president.
