Restless Giant by James T Patterson )

Restless Giant by James T Patterson )

Attempts to illuminate the road that the US travelled from the dismal days of the mid-1970s through the hotly contested election of 2000. This volume provides an assessment of the 27 years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W Bush, in a narrative that weaves together social, cultural and political developments.

"Jim Patterson has done it again! Restless Giantis a worthy successor to his prize-winning Grand ExpectationsPatterson writes with flair, an admirable sense of balance, and complete command of his sources. He covers the full gamut of American life; politics, economics, international affairs, race, sex, and the culture wars all get their due. Anyone wishing to understand modern America would do well to begin with this book."--Michael J. Klarman, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

James T. Patterson is Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. One of the most highly respected historians of contemporary America, he is the author of Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974, which won a Bancroft Prize, and Brown v Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy.

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ISBN 13	9780195305227
ISBN 10	0195305221
Title	Restless Giant
Author	James T Patterson
Series	Oxford History Of The United States
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2007-05-24
Number of pages	464
Prizes	Winner of Winner of the ^IForeWord^R Book of the Year Award (Bronze) for History.
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