SuitabookHistory of US
Joy Hakim
- Reading
- Try a section at a time, pausing at the sidebars or definitions when useful. Choose one topic that interests your reader and follow how the book treats it across the period.
- Themes
- Civil rights: The book gives civil rights particular emphasis in its account of the later twentieth century and early twenty-first century. The presentation is described as historical and informational, and it stresses the movement’s importance.
- Political and cultural change: The book addresses political and cultural change; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. These topics are listed, but their interpretation and balance are not described.
- Worth knowing
- The book covers civil rights, the Vietnam War, McCarthy, feminism and counterculture. If any of these topics calls for context or discussion in your family, you could read those sections together.