A multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach that draws from political science, international relations, media and cultural studies, and social, intellectual and literary history
Revised and updated in light of the latest scholarship, covering recent events such as the global recession, protracted war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the 2008 election of Barack Obama
Features timelines, illustrations and Further Reading sections to aid study
HARRY PAPASOTIRIOU is Associate Professor of International Relations at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. His previous publications include books and articles on international relations and American studies.
PAUL LEVINE is Emeritus Professor of American Literature at Copenhagen University, Denmark. He has published books and articles on American literature, film and contemporary culture.
The period from 1945 to the present day may not constitute an American century, but it can be seen as the American Moment: the time when, for good or ill, the United States became the predominant political, military, economic and cultural power in the world. This revised and updated new edition introduces the historic and tumultuous developments in American politics, foreign policy, society and culture during this period. It includes coverage of key recent events, such as the:
- 2008 election of Barack Obama
- global recession
- protracted war in Iraq and Afghanistan
- rise of the internet
- transformation of American Society and Culture
- challenges of new immigration and multi-culturalism
- changing global status of the US in the new millennium.
Examining the American Moment in a global context, the authors emphasise the interaction between politics, society and culture. America Since 1945 encourages an awareness of how central currents in art, literature, film, theatre, intellectual history and media have developed alongside an understanding of political, economic and social change.
List of Illustrations and Timelines.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: THE WORLD WAR AND AMERICAN POWER.- American Politics from Roosevelt to Truman.- 1940s: The Cultural Legacy of World War Two.- PART II: THE COLD WAR AND AMERICAN CULTURE.- American Politics from Truman to Eisenhower.- Alienation and Affluence in the 1950s.- PART III: WAR IN VIETNAM AND REVOLUTION IN THE STREETS.- Kennedy, Johnson and the Crisis of American Liberalism.- The Imaginative Crisis of the 1960s.- PART IV: THE AMBIGUOUS LEGACY OF THE SIXTIES.- American Politics from Nixon to Carter.- The Clash of Two Countercultures.- PART V: FROM THE COLD WAR TO GLOBALIZATION.- American Politics from Reagan to Clinton.- From the Global Village to Bowling Alone.- PART VI: AMERICA AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.- George W. Bush and the Trials of the American Conservatism.- Hard Facts and Millennial Fictions.- Index.
The period from 1945 to the present day may not constitute an American century, but it can be seen as the American Moment: the time when, for good or ill, the United States became the predominant political, military, economic and cultural power in the world. This revised and updated new edition introduces the historic and tumultuous developments in American politics, foreign policy, society and culture during this period. It includes coverage of key recent events, such as the:
- 2008 election of Barack Obama
- Global recession
- war in Iraq and Afghanistan
- rise of the internet
- transformation of American Society and Culture
- changing status of the US in the new millennium
Examining the American Moment in a global context, the authors emphasise the interaction between politics, society and culture. America Since 1945 encourages an awareness of how central currents in art, film, theatre, intellectual history and media have developed alongside an understanding of political, economic and social change.
In this essential introduction to postwar America, central currents in art, film, theatre, intellectual history and media are explored alongside political and social change. The new edition has been revised and updated in the light of new scholarship and the last two chapters now cover recent events, including the rise of Obama.
Über den Autor
HARRY PAPASOTIRIOU is Associate Professor of International Relations at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. His previous publications include books and articles on international relations and American studies.
PAUL LEVINE is Emeritus Professor of American Literature at Copenhagen University, Denmark. He has published books and articles on American literature, film and contemporary culture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations and Timelines.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: THE WORLD WAR AND AMERICAN POWER.- American Politics from Roosevelt to Truman.- 1940s: The Cultural Legacy of World War Two.- PART II: THE COLD WAR AND AMERICAN CULTURE.- American Politics from Truman to Eisenhower.- Alienation and Affluence in the 1950s.- PART III: WAR IN VIETNAM AND REVOLUTION IN THE STREETS.- Kennedy, Johnson and the Crisis of American Liberalism.- The Imaginative Crisis of the 1960s.- PART IV: THE AMBIGUOUS LEGACY OF THE SIXTIES.- American Politics from Nixon to Carter.- The Clash of Two Countercultures.- PART V: FROM THE COLD WAR TO GLOBALIZATION.- American Politics from Reagan to Clinton.- From the Global Village to Bowling Alone.- PART VI: AMERICA AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.- George W. Bush and the Trials of the American Conservatism.- Hard Facts and Millennial Fictions.- Index.
Klappentext
The period from 1945 to the present day may not constitute an American century, but it can be seen as the American Moment: the time when, for good or ill, the United States became the predominant political, military, economic and cultural power in the world. This revised and updated new edition introduces the historic and tumultuous developments in American politics, foreign policy, society and culture during this period. It includes coverage of key recent events, such as the:
- 2008 election of Barack Obama
- global recession
- protracted war in Iraq and Afghanistan
- rise of the internet
- transformation of American Society and Culture
- challenges of new immigration and multi-culturalism
- changing global status of the US in the new millennium.
Examining the American Moment in a global context, the authors emphasise the interaction between politics, society and culture. America Since 1945 encourages an awareness of how central currents in art, literature, film, theatre, intellectual history and media have developed alongside an understanding of political, economic and social change.
An approachable overview of the developments in postwar American politics, foreign policy, society and culture, now thoroughly revised and updated to include recent events such as Obama's election.
