In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life.

Examines how ordinary factory workers became unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s.

In Saving America’s Cities, the prizewinning historian Lizabeth Cohen follows the career of Edward J. Logue, whose shifting approach to the urban crisis tracked the changing balance between government-funded public programs and private ...

Maps on lining papers Includes bibliographies and index Summary: Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of first Indian people to the present day.

The Brief American Pageant retains the vivid chronological narrative of its full-length counterpart, focusing on the great public debates that have dominated American history.

This textbook presents the leading aspects of American history from discovery through contemporary times.

Includes bibliographical references and index.