{"product_id":"9781405136402","title":"Contemporary America Power, Dependency, and Globalization since 1980","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell History of the Contemporary World\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eContemporary America\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePower, Dependency, and Globalization since 1980\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eM. J. Heale\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 20th Century \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis history of America’s recent past focuses on the importance of the United States’ interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a substantial account of the dramatic history of America since 1980, covering the Reagan years, the Clinton presidency, the impact of 9\/11, the War on Terror, and the election of Barack Obama\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on both secondary and primary resources, and includes research taken from newspapers, magazines, official documents, and memoirs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a distinguished contemporary historian and a leading historian of the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the growing fragmentation of American society and the increasing distance between rich and poor under the impact of public policies and global forces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Heale\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of American History at Lancaster University, and on retirement became Senior Associate Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford. His published works focus primarily on political history, and includes \u003ci\u003eMcCarthy’s Americans: Red Scare Politics in State and Nation, 1935-1965\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Sixties in America: History, Politics and Protest\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eTwentieth-Century America: Politics and Power in the United States, 1900-2000\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). He was previously Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 May 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405136402\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378012975244,"sku":"9781405136402","price":107.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405136402.jpg?v=1780154714","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405136402","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}