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Grand Expectations : The United States, 1945-1974
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Grand Expectations : The United States, 1945-1974 Paperback - 1997

by Patterson, James T

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A highly readable and balanced work that weaves the major political, cultural, and economic events of the period into a superb portrait of America from 1945 through Watergate, "Grand Expectations" offers a brilliant summation of the years which created the America we know today. 48 illustrations. 4 maps.

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  • Title Grand Expectations : The United States, 1945-1974
  • Author Patterson, James T
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 848
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997-11-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4103632-6
  • ISBN 9780195117974 / 0195117972
  • Weight 2.7 lbs (1.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.2 x 2.1 in (23.37 x 15.75 x 5.33 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - 1945-
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.9

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First line

At 7:00 P.M. EWT (Eastern War Time) on August 14, 1945, President Harry Truman announced to a packed press conference that World War II had ended.

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Citations

  • New York Times, 10/26/1997, Page 56

About the author

James T. Patterson is Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University.