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Published: 1st November 1999
ISBN: 9780842026901
Number Of Pages: 262
Culture. Politics. Thick, impenetrable tension. Post-1945 America. Professor Robert Bresler broaches these interwoven themes in Us vs. Them: American Political and Cultural Conflict from WWII to Watergate, a reader in the American Visions series. Offering a broad overview of the interrelationship of culture and politics in the second half of the twentieth century, Us vs. Them is an exploration of the historical roots of America's current cultural wars. In the extended essay that constitutes the first half of the book, Professor Bresler offers a seamless introduction to the intermingling of American politics and culture, from the rise of an American consensus in the immediate postwar period to its inevitable decline in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Part II consists of documents and readings that illustrate and buttress Bresler's argument including political manifestos and excerpts from the works of major essayists such as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Mary McCarthy, and Norman Podhoretz. Lending a flavor of contemporary debate, this documentary material allows an integrative approach to politics and culture. Valuable for instructors who want to blend political ideas and cultural controversy into their American studies, American history, or political science courses, Us vs. Them gives students a key to understanding contemporary cultural politics. This important compilation is a guide to post-1945 America that places the evolution of political institutions-the presidency, Congress, the courts-within a broad cultural context.
This is a marvelous book.--Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr., Franklin & Marshall College
| The Rise and Fall of the American Consensus | p. 3 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | p. 101 |
| State of the Union Address | p. 107 |
| The Vital Center | p. 111 |
| A Republican Looks at His Party | p. 133 |
| A Call to Greatness | p. 147 |
| Mlle. Gulliver en Amerique | p. 155 |
| The Know-Nothing Bohemians | p. 161 |
| The Motion Picture Production Code | p. 173 |
| Farewell Address | p. 179 |
| Letter from Birmingham Jail | p. 185 |
| Commencement Address at American University | p. 201 |
| The Sharon Statement | p. 211 |
| The Port Huron Statement | p. 213 |
| Commencement Address at the University of Michigan | p. 225 |
| Trapped in a System | p. 231 |
| The New Mutants | p. 241 |
| Sex and Caste | p. 249 |
| The Watergate Charges: Protecting the National Security | p. 253 |
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ISBN: 9780842026901
ISBN-10: 0842026908
Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 262
Published: 1st November 1999
Publisher: SPEAR BOOKS
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.73 x 15.32
x 1.52
Weight (kg): 0.36
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