| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
235 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
History of US ; bk. 10 |
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Hakim, Joy.
History of US (1999) ; bk. 10.
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| Note |
Colored ill. on endpapers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index. |
| Contents |
About democracy and struggles -- Building America -- The making of a president -- A major leaguer -- A (very short) history of Russia -- A curtain of iron -- The Marshall plan -- Israel and an American peacemaker -- A "lost" election -- Spies -- Tail Gunner Joe -- Liking Ike -- Houses, kids, cars, and fast food -- French Indochina -- Separate but Unequal -- Jim Crow in the far North -- Linda Brown -- Getting integrated -- Martin Luther Kings, Senior and Junior -- Rosa Parks was tired -- Three boys and six girls -- Passing the torch -- A solitary child -- Being president isn't easy -- Some brave children meet a roaring bull -- Standing with Lincoln -- The president's number -- LBJ -- The biggest vote in history -- Salt and pepper the kids -- A king gets a prize and goes to jail -- From Selma to Montgomery -- War in Southeast Asia -- An unwilling guest at the Hanoi Hilton -- Lyndon in trouble -- A farming village in Vietnam -- Friedan, Schlafly, and friends -- As important as the cotton gin -- Picking and picketing -- "These are the times that try men's souls" -- Civil rights for Native Americans -- Up to the mountain -- A new kind of power -- The counterculture rocks -- Nixon: Vietnam, China, and Watergate -- Mercury, Gemini, and Saturn -- A congressman and a peanut farmer -- Taking a leading role -- Living on the edge -- The end of the Cold War -- A quilt, not a blanket -- The new technology -- Is it me or we? -- Picturing ourselves -- The land that never has been yet -- A boy from Hope -- Politics and values -- Covering up... or just plain lying -- Electing the 21st century's first president -- Of colleges and courts -- Big ideas -- Watch that briefcase! -- Catastrophe, war, and a new century -- New York and the American way -- The best in US (and some civics) -- Religious freedom to think for yourself -- Chronology of events -- Atlas. |
| Summary |
Covers the period of American history from 1945 to 1998, from the end of World War II to the Clinton administration. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1945- -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- 1945-
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| Cover Title |
All the people, 1945-1998 |
| ISBN |
0195153383 paperback |
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9780195153385 paperback |
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0195153375 cloth |
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9780195153378 cloth |
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