ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Minor shelf wear. Otherwise fine condition. Winner of the 1997 Bacnroft Prize. In Great Expectations, James T. Patterson has written a highly readable and balanced work that weaves the major political, cultural, and economic events of the period into a superb portrait of American from 1945 through Watergate.
[Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: -] Softcover Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime Minister Edward Heath later said that the United States in the post-Warera enjoyed "the greatest prosperity the world has ever known." It was a boom that produced a national euphoria, a buoyant time of grand expectations and an unprecedented faith in our government, inour leaders, and in the American dream--an optimistic spirit which would be shaken by events in the '60s and '70s, and particularly by the Vietnam War.Now, in Grand Expectations, James T. Patterson has written 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. Here is an era teeming with memorable events--from the bloody campaigns in Koreaand the bitterness surrounding McCarthyism to the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, to the Vietnam War, Watergate, and Nixon's resignation. Patterson excels at portraying the amazing ...
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ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1600grams, ISBN:9780195117974
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

Oxford University Press 1997 Revised ed. Trade paperback This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1600grams, ISBN: 9780195117974.

ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Feb 1998] Softcover Neuware - 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.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1998]
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ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: Oxford University Press 1997-11-20] Softcover Ex-Library but appears unmarked. Ships promptly.
[Millbury, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0195117972, ISBN13: 9780195117974, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover Binding and spine tight. Nice copy, with little to no wear. No apparent marks throughout this book, PO name on fly-leaf. No creasing to cover and spine. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
[Springfield, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]