Encompassing political, social, and cultural issues, this primary
source reader allows students to hear the voices of the past,
giving a richer understanding of American society since 1945.
Comprises over 50 documents, which incorporate political,
social, and cultural history and encompass the viewpoints of
ordinary people as well a variety of leaders
An extended introduction explains to students how to think and
work like historians by using primary sources
Includes both written texts and photographs
Headnotes contextualize the documents and questions encourage
students to engage critically with the sources
Author Biography
Robert P. Ingalls is Professor of History at the University
of South Florida, and author of Point of Order: A Profile of
Senator Joe McCarthy (1981) and of Urban Vigilantes in the
New South: Tampa, 1882-1936 (1993). In addition he is co-author
(with Louis Perez) of Tampa Cigar Workers: A Pictorial
History (2003) and (with Susan Fernandez) of Sunshine in the
Dark: Florida in the Movies (2006).
David K. Johnson is Assistant Professor of History at the
University of South Florida and author of The Lavender Scare:
The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal
Government (2003). He is winner of a 2004 Gustavus Myers
Outstanding Book Award as well as the 2005 Herbert Hoover and Randy
Shilts book awards.
