Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

A decade of disruption : America in the new millennium: 2000-2010 / Garrett Peck.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY: Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xvi, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781643134444
  • 1643134442
Subject(s):
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: From Dot-com to Dot-bomb -- Chapter 2: Dubya -- Chapter 3: 9/11 -- Chapter 4: Scandals of the Decade -- Chapter 5: The Iraq War -- Chapter 6: Katrina -- Chapter 7: A Nation of Minorities -- Chapter 8: Gay in America -- Chapter 9: The National Pastime -- Chapter 10: A Smaller World -- Chapter 11: The New Retirement -- Chapter 12: The New Urbanism and the Housing Bubble -- Chapter 13: The Great Recession -- Chapter 14: The 2008 Election -- Chapter 15: Obama -- Chapter 16: The Tea Party Strikes Back -- Chapter 17: History Is Not Over -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright
Summary: An eye-opening history evoking the disruptive first decade of the twenty-first century in America.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 973.93 P366 Available 33111009650827
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An eye-opening history evoking the disruptive first decade of the twenty-first century in America.

Dubya. The 9/11 terrorist attacks. Enron and WorldCom. The Iraq War. Hurricane Katrina. The disruptive nature of the internet. An anxious aging population redefining retirement. The gay community demanding full civil rights. A society becoming ever more "brown." The housing bubble and the Great Recession. The historic election of Barack Obama--and the angry Tea Party reaction.

The United States experienced a turbulent first decade of the 21st century, tumultuous years of economic crises, social and technological change, and war. This "lost decade" (2000-2010) was bookended by two financial crises: the dot-com meltdown, followed by the Great Recession. Banks deemed "too big to fail" were rescued when the federal government bailed them out, but meanwhile millions lost their homes to foreclosure and witnessed the wipeout of their retirement savings.

The fallout from the Great Recession led to the hyper-polarized society of the years that followed, when populists ran amok on both the left and the right and Americans divided into two distinct tribes. A Decade of Disruption is a timely re-examination of the recent past that reveals how we've arrived at our current era of cultural division.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-317) and index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: From Dot-com to Dot-bomb -- Chapter 2: Dubya -- Chapter 3: 9/11 -- Chapter 4: Scandals of the Decade -- Chapter 5: The Iraq War -- Chapter 6: Katrina -- Chapter 7: A Nation of Minorities -- Chapter 8: Gay in America -- Chapter 9: The National Pastime -- Chapter 10: A Smaller World -- Chapter 11: The New Retirement -- Chapter 12: The New Urbanism and the Housing Bubble -- Chapter 13: The Great Recession -- Chapter 14: The 2008 Election -- Chapter 15: Obama -- Chapter 16: The Tea Party Strikes Back -- Chapter 17: History Is Not Over -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright

An eye-opening history evoking the disruptive first decade of the twenty-first century in America.

Powered by Koha