All the People: Since 1945 (A History of US Series #10)
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Overview
Joy Hakim's All the People is a breathtaking journey through American life from the end of World War II to the present. It begins with Truman, an "accidental" president whose grandparents remembered the Civil War; it travels through contemporary American history with its wars and wonders; it considers the astonishing democratic potential of the information age; and it never loses sight of the American promise of freedom and equality for all. This updated edition covers, for the first time, the last years of the Bush administration, the economic rollercoaster that tore through the early years of the new century, America's role and responsibilities as the world's superpower, and Barack Obama's inauguration as 44th president of the United States.
All the People is part of Joy Hakim's award-winning series about the birth and development of the United States, A History of US, and it continues this series legacy of making history intelligible, fun, and stimulating for readers of all ages. With a crisp, engrossing style, Hakim shows us Americans changing their world: Martin Luther King, Jr. leading Civil Rights marchers, Richard Nixon boarding a helicopter as he leaves the White House and the presidency, Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon, Betty Friedan breaking barriers in the fight for women's rights, Bob Dylan, César Chávez, Richard Feynman, and many more transformative Americans. At the heart of the book is the story of America's fight for equality and civil rights for all its citizens.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199735532 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date: | 08/12/2010 |
| Series: | A ^AHistory of US , #10 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
| Lexile: | 940L (what's this?) |
| Age Range: | 10 - 14 Years |
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Table of Contents
Preface: About Democracy and Struggles 9
Feature: Building America 10
1 The Making of a President 13
2 A Major Leaguer 18
3 A (Very Short) History of Russia 23
4 A Curtain of Iron 27
5 The Marshall Plan 30
Feature: Israel and an American Peacemaker 34
6 A "Lost" Election 36
7 Spies 40
8 Tail Gunner Joe 44
9 Liking Ike 49
10 Houses, Kids, Cars, and Fast Food 54
11 French Indochina 60
12 Separate but Unequal 64
Feature: Jim Crow in the Far North 66
13 Linda Brown-and Others 68
Feature: Getting Integrated 73
14 MLKs, Senior and Junior 74
15 Rosa Parks Was Tired 78
16 Three Boys and Six Girls 83
17 Passing the Torch 88
Feature: A Solitary Child 90
18 Being President Isn't Easy 93
19 Some Brave Children Meet a Roaring Bull 97
20 Standing with Lincoln 101
21 The President's Number 105
22 LBJ 109
23 The Biggest Vote in History 112
24 Salt and Pepper the Kids 116
25 A King Gets a Prize and Goes to Jail 120
26 From Selma to Montgomery 124
27 War in Southeast Asia 128
Feature: An Unwilling Guest at The Hanoi Hilton 131
28 Lyndon in Trouble 133
Feature: A Farming Village in Vietnam 136
29 Friedan, Schlafly, and Friends 137
30 As Important as the Cotton Gin 144
31 Picking and Picketing 147
32 "These Are the Times That Try Men's Souls" 153
Feature: Civil Rights for Native Americans 156
33 Up to the Mountain 157
34 A New Kind of Power 161
35 The Counterculture Rocks 165
36 Nixon: Vietnam, China, and Watergate 170
Feature: Mercury, Gemini, And Apollo 176
37 A Congressman and a Peanut Farmer 179
38 Taking a Leading Role 182
39 Living on the Edge 191
40 The End of the Cold War 194
41 A Quilt, Not a Blanket 198
Feature: The New Technology 201
42 Is It Me or We? 203
Feature: Picturing Ourselves 206
43 The Land That Never Has Been Yet 208
44 A Boy from Hope 211
45 Politics and Values 214
Feature: Covering Up…Or Just Plain Lying 217
46 Electing the 21st Century's First President 218
47 Of Colleges and Courts 221
48 Big Ideas 226
Feature: Watch That Briefcase! 229
49 Catastrophe, War, and a New Century 230
50 New York and the American Way 236
51 War in Iraq 238
52 Blowing in the Wind 244
53 The Iraq War Contiues 252
54 A Very Brief History of a Very Complex Place 256
55 The Great Panic 260
56 Both Lucky and Ready 265
Feature: Not Your Ordinary Parents 268
57 Yes, We Can! 270
Feature: Joining The Supremes 275
58 Where Are We Going? It's Up to Us. 276
Feature: "A Call To Action" 281
Chronology of Events 282
More Books to Read 284
Picture Credits 286
Index 288
A Note from the Author 295
Atlas 297