The Columbia History of Post-World War II America (Paperback)

1. Introduction, by Mark C. Carnes
Part I. Culture
2. The Spaces People Share: The Changing Social Geography of American Life, by Sandra Opdycke
3. Drowning in Pictures, by Kenneth Cmiel
4. Popular Music and Technology, by Tom Collins
5. Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Postwar World, by Paula S. Fass
6. The Culture of Work, by Mark C. Carnes
7. The Military, Sport, and Warrior Culture, by Donald J. Mrozek
8. Death, Mourning, and Memorial Culture, by Michael Sherry
9. The Commerce of Culture and Criticism, by George Cotkin
Part II. Politics
10. Domestic Containment: The Downfall of Postwar Idealism and Left Dissent, 1945–1950, by Richard Lingeman
11. Without Restraint: Scandal and Politics in America, by Julian E. Zelizer
12. Television, Democracy, and Presidential Politics, by Rick Shenkman
13. Gender and the Transformation of Politics, by Susan Hartmann
14. Which Sides Are You On? Religion, Sexuality, and Culture- War Politics, by David T. Courtwright
15. The New Alchemy: Technology, Consumerism, and Environmental Advocacy, by Andrew Kirk
16. Citizenship and the Problem of Desire in the Postwar Labor and Civil Rights Movements, by Thaddeus Russell
17. What Price Victory? American Intellectuals and the Problem of Cold War Democracy, by Michael E. Latham
Part III. Government
18. Managerial Capitalism Contested: Government Policy, Culture, and Corporate Investment, by Tony A. Freyer
19. Federal Education Policy and Politics, by Maris A. Vinovskis
Contributors
Index