Synopses & Reviews
"Youngs has imparted a provocative and accurate soical history at its core with essays from worlds of indigenouis peoples to the technological revolution of computers. He not only reveals his penchant for details but his ability to unfold events and persons that rarely surface in the American narrative."
- Rowena McClinton
"American Realities consists of a series of historical vignettes that vary from biographical to topical and usually cover a moderate era of history with enough background material to put the person or event in its historical context."
- Jeffrey D. Carlisle
"American Realities incorporates lively narrative esays that ell vivid but highly selective stories from the past."
- Tona Hangen
Synopsis
Designed as a secondary source reader for introductory-level survey courses in American History.
American Realities:Historical Episodes from Reconstruction to the Present, Volume 2, 8/e, a best-selling collection of secondary sources, integrates the lives of Americans with their respective time periods, and depicts a diverse American experience that challenges the preconceived notions of students.
This edition includes new scholarship and revised writing in existing chapters. The clarity of the author's unique, anecdotal writing style successfully engages students in an exploration of unique historical characters and significant events.
Synopsis
Designed as a secondary source reader for introductory-level survey courses in American History.
American Realities Historical Episodes from Reconstruction to the Present, Volume 2, 8/e, a best-selling collection of secondary sources, integrates the lives of Americans with their respective time periods, and depicts a diverse American experience that challenges the preconceived notions of students.
This edition includes new scholarship and revised writing in existing chapters. The clarity of the author's unique, anecdotal writing style successfully engages students in an exploration of unique historical characters and significant events.
Synopsis
American Realities:Historical Episodes from Reconstruction to the Present, Volume 2, 8/e, a best-selling collection of secondary sources, integrates the lives of Americans with their respective time periods, and depicts a diverse American experience that challenges the preconceived notions of students.
This edition includes new scholarship and revised writing in existing chapters. The clarity of the author's unique, anecdotal writing style successfully engages students in an exploration of unique historical characters and significant events.
About the Author
J. William T. Youngs, award-winning historian and editor of Pacific Northwest Forum, has been teaching American history at Eastern Washington University since 1972. He has also written many book reviews for the Seattle Times and is the author of Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life.
Table of Contents
From Reconstruction to the Present
Preface
1. The "Taming" of the West
Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
2. Beyond Emancipation
Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta Compromise
3. The New Industrial Era
The Rise of Andrew Carnegie
4. The Birth of Environmentalism
John Muir and the American Wilderness
5. New Immigrants
Russian Jews in the United States
6. Expanding American Democracy
The Woman Suffrage Victory
7. American Volunteers in World War I
The Lafayette Escadrille
8. Modernity Versus Tradition
The Scopes Trial and the American Character
9. The New Deal
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Politics of Compassion
10. Total War
The Bombing of Hiroshima
11. The Cold War at Home
Joseph McCarthy and Anticommunism
12. The Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Road to Birmingham
13. Turmoil on the Campuses
Berkeley in the Sixties
14. The New Age of Technology
Steve Jobs and Apple
15. America and the Cold War
Colin Powell’s Career from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf