History Catalogue 2006.qxp - Blackwell Publishing

ROY ROSENZWEIG, STOPHE AGNEW, JEANCHRIThe engeof 1,ingEmpi lsFai re merica’The deaofEvi ,lAsm, i Compani toPragmat onJOSEPHS, JOHNMARGOLI SHOK,Asm, i Compani toPragmat onJOSEPHS, JOHNMARGOLI SHOK,ROCKMORE, JOSEPHMARSOBIAN, S,TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY32NEW IN PAPERBACKA Companion to Post-1945Aica, ompaniontoPost-1945AmerAmericaEdited by JEAN CHRISTOPHE AGNEW &ROY ROSENZWEIGYale University; George Mason University“These 34 valuable essays review the current state ofhistorical research on a wide range of issues andcontribute to the scholarly study of US history followingWWII… Highly recommended”CHOICEA COMPANION TO POST-1945 AMERICA is an original collection of26 essays by key scholars on the history and historiography ofPost-1945 America. As the twenty-first century begins, post-World War II scholarship joins the historical canon with awealth of new material. The contributors to this volume arethe most prominent scholars in their respective fields, andeach essay analyzes and categorizes the historical literature ofthe post-1945 period over a wide variety of topics. Thecoverage includes family, the media, ethnicity, labor, socialmovements, politics, and foreign policy. Each essay contains aselect bibliography to guide further research, and the volumeincludes a review section that focuses on eight popular andinfluential historical works. For students, historians, andgeneral readers of modern American history, this book is amilestone that will set the standard for post-World War IIAmerican historiography.SERIES: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO AMERICAN HISTORY608 PAGES0-631-22325-8 HB 2002 / 1-4051-4984-1 PB DECEMBER 2005A Companion to 20th-centuryAica, ompanionto20th-CenturyAmerAmericaEdited by STEPHEN J. WHITFIELDSTEPHENJ ELD,TFI WHIBrandeis University“This superb book is a treasure and a delight.Penetrating interpretive essays by almost 30distinguished historians offer thoughtful perspectiveson a turbulent century that brought sweeping changesto the United States even as the nation surged toglobal dominance. A Companion to 20th-centuryAmerica is essential reading for anyone seeking tounderstand the forces that have shaped contemporaryAmerica.”PAUL S. BOYER, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONSERIES: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO AMERICAN HISTORY584 PAGES / 0-631-21100-4 HB / 2003America’s Failing EmpireUS Foreign Relations since the Cold WarWar,Cohen renWARREN I. COHENUniversity of Maryland”A remarkably succinct, lucid, and provocative survey of America’spost Cold War foreign policy, brimming with shrewd insights. This iscontemporary history at its best. Highly recommended for students,specialists, and general readers alike.”ROBERT J. MCMAHON, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAThis sharp and authoritative account of American foreign relations analyzesthe last fifteen years of foreign policy in relation to the last 40 years, sincethe end of the Cold War.In 1989, the United States emerged as victor from the Cold War struggle. Butwhat did victory mean? In the United States, commentators were divided intheir views: some feared their nation’s eclipse by more successful tradingpowers or blocs; others were concerned that undoubted militarypre-eminence was in effect financed by foreigners. A little over a decadelater, these worries seem remote – but others have replaced them. Theattacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, gave the US anew and unwelcome sense of vulnerability, while the responses of the Bushadministration have created grave misgivings in many parts of the world.This fascinating study gives readers an overview and understanding of therecent history of US foreign relations from the viewpoint of one of the mostrespected authorities in the field.SERIES: AMERICA’S RECENT PASTSERIES EDITOR: RONALD EDSFORTH216 PAGES / 1-4051-1426-6 HB / 1-4051-1427-4 PB / JULY 2005ALSO OF INTERESTAmerican Environmental HistoryEdited by LOUIS S. WARRENSERIES: BLACKWELL READERS IN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY384 PAGES / 0-631-22863-2 HB / 2002A Companion to PragmatismEdited by JOHN R. SHOOK & JOSEPH MARGOLISSERIES: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO PHILOSOPHY448 PAGES / 1-4051-1621-8 HB / NOVEMBER 2005SeptemberThe Philosophical Challenge of September 11EditedTOMARGOLI ARMENby TOM ROCKMORE, JOSEPH MARGOLIS & ARMEN T. MARSOOBIANSERIES: METAPHILOSOPHY SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY232 PAGES / 1-4051-0893-2 PB / 2004FORTHCOMINGThe Idea of EvilPETER,PETERDEWSDEWSSERIES: BLACKWELL MANIFESTOS192 PAGES / 1-4051-1704-4 HB / 1-4051-1705-2 PB / DECEMBER 2006