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The Columbia History of Post-World War II America
This chapter is in the book The Columbia History of Post-World War II America

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. 1. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Culture
  5. 2. The Spaces People Share: The Changing Social Geography of American Life 11
  6. 3. Drowning in Pictures 36
  7. 4. Popular Music and Technology 57
  8. 5. Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Postwar World 79
  9. 6. The Culture of Work 106
  10. 7. The Military, Sport, and Warrior Culture 131
  11. 8. Death, Mourning, and Memorial Culture 155
  12. 9. The Commerce of Culture and Criticism 179
  13. Part II. Politics
  14. 10. Domestic Containment: The Downfall of Postwar Idealism and Left Dissent, 1945–1950 201
  15. 11. Without Restraint: Scandal and Politics in America 226
  16. 12. Television, Democracy, and Presidential Politics 255
  17. 13. Gender and the Transformation of Politics 285
  18. 14. Which Sides Are You On? Religion, Sexuality, and Culture- War Politics 311
  19. 15. The New Alchemy: Technology, Consumerism, and Environmental Advocacy 340
  20. 16. Citizenship and the Problem of Desire in the Postwar Labor and Civil Rights Movements 366
  21. 17. What Price Victory? American Intellectuals and the Problem of Cold War Democracy 402
  22. Part III. Government
  23. 18. Managerial Capitalism Contested: Government Policy, Culture, and Corporate Investment 427
  24. 19. Federal Education Policy and Politics 455
  25. Contributors 477
  26. Index 481
https://doi.org/10.7312/carn12126-fm

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. 1. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Culture
  5. 2. The Spaces People Share: The Changing Social Geography of American Life 11
  6. 3. Drowning in Pictures 36
  7. 4. Popular Music and Technology 57
  8. 5. Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Postwar World 79
  9. 6. The Culture of Work 106
  10. 7. The Military, Sport, and Warrior Culture 131
  11. 8. Death, Mourning, and Memorial Culture 155
  12. 9. The Commerce of Culture and Criticism 179
  13. Part II. Politics
  14. 10. Domestic Containment: The Downfall of Postwar Idealism and Left Dissent, 1945–1950 201
  15. 11. Without Restraint: Scandal and Politics in America 226
  16. 12. Television, Democracy, and Presidential Politics 255
  17. 13. Gender and the Transformation of Politics 285
  18. 14. Which Sides Are You On? Religion, Sexuality, and Culture- War Politics 311
  19. 15. The New Alchemy: Technology, Consumerism, and Environmental Advocacy 340
  20. 16. Citizenship and the Problem of Desire in the Postwar Labor and Civil Rights Movements 366
  21. 17. What Price Victory? American Intellectuals and the Problem of Cold War Democracy 402
  22. Part III. Government
  23. 18. Managerial Capitalism Contested: Government Policy, Culture, and Corporate Investment 427
  24. 19. Federal Education Policy and Politics 455
  25. Contributors 477
  26. Index 481
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