The transformational decade : snapshots of a decade from 9/11 to the Obama presidency Herbert I. London.

The transformational decade : snapshots of a decade from 9/11 to the Obama presidency

"The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally altered perceptions of the United States...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: London, Herbert Ira
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, c2012.
Subjects:
Popular culture -- > United States
Social values -- > United States
United States -- > Social conditions -- > 1980-
Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/ROWMANB0003198/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html
Table of Contents:
  • 1. America agoniste
  • 2. The age of experimentation
  • 3. The slippery slope of cultural degradation
  • 4. False prophets
  • 5. Technology is creating a brave or foolish new world
  • 6. The end of bipartisanship
  • 7. Ignorance is not bliss
  • 8. Things fall apart

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