Postwar America: A Student Companion

Postwar America: A Student Companion
ISBN-10
0195103009
ISBN-13
9780195103007
Series
Postwar America
Category
United States
Pages
292
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Harvard Sitkoff

Description

An encyclopedia of American history presents articles on people, events, legal cases, social groups and movements, political and social concepts, cultural happenings, and other aspects of life in the United States after World War II.

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