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Author | James T. Patterson |
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Series | The Oxford History of the United States |
Published | February 1996 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 847 |
ISBN | 978-0195076806 |
Preceded by | Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 |
Followed by | Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore |
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Publication
[edit]Oxford University Press publishes lines of books called "Oxford histories", typically intended to provide general syntheses of certain historical topics.[1] Beginning in 1961, American historians Richard Hofstadter and C. Vann Woodward collaborated to co-edit an Oxford History of the United States,[2] planned to be a multivolume series of books, each written by different authors, modeled on the Oxford History of England.[3] Hofstadter and Woodward did not originally plan for the Oxford History of the United States to include a volume on postwar history but added one to a list of projected volumes in 1970, initially commissioning historian William Leuchtenburg to write the volume and later replacing Leuchtenburg with James T. Patterson.[4]
Oxford University Press published Patterson's contribution as Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974 in February 1996,[5] releasing it as a clothbound hardcover.[6] The book is 847 pages long.[7] On release, Grand Expectations sold for $35 (USD, equivalent to $68 in 2023).[8] Upon its publication, Grand Expectations was billed as the tenth volume of the Oxford History of the United States, though it was the third to be published.[9]
Content
[edit]Grand Expectations narrates the history of the United States from 1945 to 1975, bookended by the end of World War II and the resignation of United States president Richard Nixon.[10] A synthesis of secondary sources,[11] the book mostly focuses on political history, with social history interspersed throughout for context.[12] The title refers to its thematic through line, which argues that in the wake of military victories abroad and amid post–World War II economic expansion domestically, Americans were increasingly optimistic about themselves and their country and had "grand expectations" that individuals could have equal access to civil and political rights as well as prosperous living and that the nation could significantly influence global politics.[13] In Patterson's words, "More than ever before… Americans came to believe that they could shape the international scene in their own image as well as fashion a more classless, equal opportunity society".[14]
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The book includes an index, maps, and illustrations.[5]
Reception
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The Atlantic praised the "power of writing" in Grand Expectations, averring the book "redeem[ed] the world by the power of the word from the monotone dream of television".[15]
Charles Alexander called Grand Expectations "the finest general history so far on the postwar United States".[16]
According to David Adams, Patterson's tone at times understates the severity of events that were "immense traumas", such as the second Red Scare.[17]
In 1997, Patterson received a Bancroft Prize for writing Grand Expectations.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Van Heyningen (1986, p. 298).
- ^ Cobb (2022, p. 264).
- ^ McPherson, James M. (September 2000). "The War that Never Goes Away". People & Mountains (Interview). Interviewed by William R. Ferris. West Virginia National Humanities Council. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.
- ^ Cobb (2022, p. 375).
- ^ a b Williams (1996, p. 87).
- ^ Shapiro (1997, p. 223).
- ^ May (1997, p. 1261) reports that 18 pages are paginated with Roman numerals followed by 829 pages paginated with Arabic numerals.
- ^ Alexander (1997, p. 1479); Balogh (1997, p. 562); Adams (1997, p. 611).
- ^ Byrnes (1998, paragraph 1).
- ^ Balogh (1997, p. 562).
- ^ Hixson (1999, p. 618).
- ^ May (1997, p. 1262).
- ^ May (1997, p. 1261); Byrnes (1998, paragraph 2); Hixson (1999, p. 618).
- ^ .Byrnes (1998, paragraph 2), quoting Patterson (1996, p. vii).
- ^ Beatty (1996, paragraphs 17–21).
- ^ Alexander (1997, p. 1479).
- ^ Adams (1997, p. 611).
- ^ New York Times (1997, p. C15).
Sources
[edit]- Adams, David K. (July 1997). "Grand Expectations: The United States 1945–1974. By James T. Patterson". International Affairs. 73 (3): 611. doi:10.2307/2624345.
- Alexander, Charles C. (March 1997). "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974. By James T. Patterson". Journal of American History. 83 (4): 1479. doi:10.2307/2953038. JSTOR 2953038.
- Balogh, Brian (June 1997). "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974. By James T. Patterson". Journal of Economic History. 57 (2): 562–564. doi:10.1017/S0022050700018921.
- Beatty, Jack (September 1996). "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974 by James T. Patterson". Atlantic. Vol. 278, no. 3 – via Gale General Onefile.
- Blaser, Kent (Summer 2007). "Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore. By James T. Patterson". American Studies. 48 (2). doi:10.1353/ams.0.0154.
- Burnard, Trevor (August 2011). "America the Good, America the Brave, America the Free: Reviewing the Oxford History of the United States". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 407–420. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 23016778.
- Burnard, Trevor (August 2011b). "A Response by Trevor Burnard". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 437–441. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 23016782.
- Byrnes, Mark S. (June 1998). "An Age of Expectations and Fears". H-Survey. H-Net. Archived from the original on April 2, 2024.
- Cobb, James C. (2022). C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-7021-8.
- "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974". Publishers Weekly. April 1996. Archived from the original on April 2, 2024.
- "History Professors Win Bancroft Prizes". New York Times. April 1, 1997. p. C15 – via Proquest.
- Hixson, Walter L. (December 1999). "Surveying Postwar America—On a Grand Scale". Reviews in American History. 27 (4): 618–622. doi:10.1353/rah.1999.0078.
- Hunt, George A. (April 26, 1997). "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974". America. Vol. 176, no. 14 – via Gale General Onefile.
- Katznelson, Ira (July 1998). "Patterson's Umbrella: Does It Keep Us Too Dry?". Journal of Policy History. 10 (3): 330–341. doi:10.1017/S0898030600005704.
- Katznelson, Ira (July 1998b). "Description, Interpretation, and Explanation: An Addendum in Response to James Patterson". Journal of Policy History. 10 (3): 347–350. doi:10.1017/S0898030600005728.
- May, Elaine Tyler (October 1997). "James T. Patterson. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974". American Historical Review. 102 (4): 1261–1262. doi:10.1086/ahr/102.4.1261. JSTOR 2170805.
- McElya, Micki (August 2011). "A Response to Trevor Burnard: 'America the Good, America the Brave, America the Free'". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 421–425. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 23016779.
- O'Brien, Michael (August 2011). "A Response to Trevor Burnard: The Standpoint of an Editor". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 426–430. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 23016780.
- Oshinsky, David (June 30, 1996). "Flush With Success". New York Times Book Review.
- Patterson, James T. (1996). Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974. Oxford History of the United States. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195076806.
- Patterson, James T. (July 1998). "How Wet Does a Reader Want to Get? A Reply to Ira Katznelson". Journal of Policy History. 10 (3): 342–346. doi:10.1017/S0898030600005716.
- Phelps, Christopher (August 2011). "A Response to Trevor Burnard: American Past, America Present". Journal of American Studies. 45 (3): 431–436. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000508. hdl:11343/33008. JSTOR 23016781.
- Schultz, Kevin M.; Harvey, Paul (March 2010). "Everywhere and Nowhere: Recent Trends in American Religious History and Historiography". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 78 (1): 129–162. doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfp087.
- Shapiro, Stanley (Fall 1997). "Patterson, James T. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974". Michigan Historical Review. 23 (2): 223–224. doi:10.2307/20173700. JSTOR 20173700.
- Van Heyningen, E. B. (1986). "The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789. By R. Middlekauff". Boekbesprekings/Book Reviews. South African Historical Journal. 18: 298–300. doi:10.1080/02582478608671616.
- Williams, Gary (February 1, 1996). "Patterson, James T. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974". Library Journal. 121 (2): 87. ISSN 0363-0277.