Patterson, James T.

Restless giant : the United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore / James T. Patterson. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2005. - xiii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - The Oxford history of the United States .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The troubled 1970's -- Sex, families, stagflation -- The political world of the mid-1970s -- Carter, Reagan, and the rise of the right -- "Morning again in America" -- America and the world in the 1980's -- Bush 41 -- "Culture wars" and "decline" in the 1990's -- Immigration, multiculturalism, race -- Political wars of the early Clinton years -- Prosperity, partisanship, terrorism -- Impeachment and electoral crisis, 1998-2000.

9780195122169 (alk. paper) 019512216X (alk. paper)

2005016711


United States--History--1969-

E839 / .P38 2005

973.92