Grand Expectations by James T Patterson
James T. Patterson skilfully weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic history to present a fascinating survey of postwar America.
James Patterson has provided a tour d'horizon which unusually is also a Tour de force.. Grand Expectations is an exceptional achievement. There can be little doubt that the volume will become the standard single text on the period. * THES *
A sweeping, meticulous synthesis of 30 years, from unique prosperity and influence to uncertainty and social fragmentation. * New York Times Book Review *
a superb study of the United States from the Truman presidency, when Americans held unbounded expectations about themselves and their country to the cynicism and division when Nixon resigned ... stimulating and highly enjoyable * Pascal Donohoe, The Irish Times *
A sweeping, meticulous synthesis of 30 years, from unique prosperity and influence to uncertainty and social fragmentation. * New York Times Book Review *
a superb study of the United States from the Truman presidency, when Americans held unbounded expectations about themselves and their country to the cynicism and division when Nixon resigned ... stimulating and highly enjoyable * Pascal Donohoe, The Irish Times *
James T. Patterson is Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195117974 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195117972 |
| Title | Grand Expectations |
| Author | James T Patterson |
| Series | Oxford History Of The United States |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1998-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 848 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the 1997 Bancroft Prize in History Named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1996 by Choice. |
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