Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression (Twayne's Oral History Series)

Provides an oral history of the Hoover Dam's construction

History

Dunar, Andrew J.

McBride, Dennis

Americas

Twayne Pub

Blessed by a booming economy, the United States experienced the benefits of technology in the 1950s, with television and the automobile transforming the way people lived, and the space race offering new challenges. At the same time, the nation faced domestic divisions and international crises that would have far-reaching historical and political consequences. The 1950s evoke images of prosperity, suburbia, a smiling President Eisenhower, cars with elaborate tail fins, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and the "golden age" of television-seemingly a simpler time in which the idealized family life of situation comedies had at least some basis in reality. A closer examination, however, recalls more threatening images: the hysteria of McCarthyism, the shadow of the atomic bomb, war in Korea, the Soviet threat manifested in the launch of Sputnik and the bombast of Nikita Khrushchev, and a clash over the integration of public buses in Montgomery, Alabama, and a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Andrew J. Dunar successfully shows how the issues confronting America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Latinos, and Native Americans. The rise of the "beats," the continuing development of jazz, the emergence of rock ‘n’ roll, and the art of Jackson Pollock reveal the decade to be less conformist than commonly portrayed. While the cold war rivalry with the Soviet Union generated the most concern, Dunar skillfully illustrates how the rise of Nasser in Egypt, Castro in Cuba, and Communist regimes in North Korea, Vietnam, and China signaled new regional challenges to American power. This book will be ideal for instructors of American history survey courses at the high school and undergraduate levels.

America in the Fifties (America in the Twentieth Century)

Syracuse University Press

America in the Teens (America in the Twentieth Century)

In the latest addition to the America in the Twentieth Century series, Dunar provides a sweeping account of the twentieth century’s second decade. Beginning with the social, political, and economic circumstances in the United States in 1910, America in the Teens presents the themes and pivotal events that shaped America during this tumultuous period. The election of 1912, World War I, social change in the late Progressive Era, the influence of war on women and minorities, and changes in the motion picture industry are among the many is-sues covered in this eminently readable, concise text. Dunar traces the development of a vibrant society during a time of enormous change and explores the ways in which Americans reacted. World War I brought our nation to the forefront of the world’s great powers but also provoked divisions that Americans would confront through the twentieth century and beyond: racial tensions, immigration issues, and labor-management disputes. At the same time, there were progressive triumphs: women earned the right to vote; American industry made great strides, symbolized by the mass production of Henry Ford’s automobiles; and American cinema and jazz enjoyed international acclaim. Combining an engrossing narrative with intelligent analysis, America in the Teens enriches our understanding of that critical era.

Examines the financial scandals associated with Harry S. Truman during his political career and discusses his attitudes toward political corruption

The Truman Scandals and the Politics of Morality

Univ of Missouri Pr

The Truman Scandals and the Politics of Morality (GIVE 'EM HELL HARRY)

University of Missouri

Shares the realities of building the Hoover Dam early and under budget, including the cardboard boxes and tents which served as homes, carbon monoxide deaths of tunnel workers, and the freedom found in Las Vegas.

Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History Of The Great Depression

University of Nevada Press

Since its inception in 1960, the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama has been at the center of the American space program. The Center build the rockets that powered Americans to the moon, developed the propulsion system for the space shuttle, and managed the development of Skylab, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Spacelab. It is one of NASA's most diversified field Centers, with expertise in propulsion, spacecraft engineering, and human systems and multitudinous space sciences.

Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space flight Center 1960-1990

Science & Math

Waring, Stephen P.

Astronomy & Space Science

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression (Twayne's Oral History Series)

Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression (Twayne's Oral History Series)

America in the Fifties (America in the Twentieth Century)

America in the Fifties (America in the Twentieth Century)

America in the Teens (America in the Twentieth Century)

America in the Teens (America in the Twentieth Century)

The Truman Scandals and the Politics of Morality

The Truman Scandals and the Politics of Morality (GIVE 'EM HELL HARRY)

Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History Of The Great Depression

Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space flight Center 1960-1990