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Title: Promises to Keep : The United States Since World War II by Paul S. Boyer ISBN: 0-395-90386-6 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.16 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Revisionist?
Comment: I'm an older student, so old that the word "revisionist" was never applied to history. History was simply facts, dates, names, etc. Dull? Yes, but it was up to our professors to make those facts interesting - not the textbook.
I was struck by a line in Paul Boyer's Preface: "This, then is not an authoritive, predigested, take-it-or-leave-it version of recent U. S. history but one PERSPECTIVE on that history presented in a way that I hope will stimulate discussion and reflection."
We already must purchase a book that gives differing slants on modern problems that is to be used to supplement Boyer and provide PERSPECTIVE. Which book do I believe to be stating the truth? If I want PERSPECTIVE I'll ask my professor. I simply want a presentation of facts not an editorial wrapped up like facts.
I can see it'll be a long semester.
Rating: 5
Summary: A non-history major undergraduate's thoughts
Comment: This is an excellent textbook for courses on US history 1945-present. It covered all topics, from the civil rights movement to Iran-Contra, thoroughly and provided many supporting details. While concentrating on the high profile movements such as civil rights, the women's movement, and later the New Right, the author also traces Hispanic and American Indian movements and briefly touches on the Gay Rights Movement. His political commentary is somewhat liberal, especially in discussions on the most recent presidents, but his views do not significantly interfere with the facts he presents. Overall, it is an extremely well-written, in-depth analysis of political and social trends, and is a great resource for students.
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Title: Major Problems in American History Since 1945 : Documents and Essays by Thomas Paterson, Robert Griffith, Paula Baker ISBN: 0395868505 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $41.96 |
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Title: A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America by William Henry Chafe, Harvard Sitkoff, Beth L. Bailey ISBN: 0195151054 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May ISBN: 0465030556 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: My Mind Set on Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 (The American Ways Series) by John A. Salmond ISBN: 1566631416 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc. Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: "Takin' It to the Streets": A Sixties Reader by Alexander Bloom, Wini Breines ISBN: 019514290X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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