Understanding and Teaching Contemporary US History since Reagan

Kimber M. Quinney is an assistant professor of history at California State University, San Marcos. Specializing in the convergence of ethnicity, immigration, and domestic politics in the making of US foreign policy, she is also advisor to her students who intend to become history-social science teachers. Amy L. Sayward is a professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of several books, including The United Nations in International History and Tennessee Histories.

Introduction: Teaching Contemporary History since Reagan Amy L. Sayward and Kimber M. Quinney "Life, Liberty, or Property": Analyzing American Identity through Open Resources Monica L. Butler Examining African American Voter Suppression, from Reagan to Trump Aaron Treadwell "Work Does Not Stop with This March on Washington": LGBTQ+ National Mobilizations, 1979-2009 Josh Cerretti Public Debate, Citizenship Participation, and Recent US Supreme Court Nominations Leah Vallely The Drug War Era: From the Crack Epidemic to the Opioid Crisis Kathryn McLain and Matthew R. Pembleton A Difficult Balance: National Security and Democracy from Reagan to Trump Kimber M. Quinney Explaining Waco: How Historians Come to Different Conclusions about What Really Happened Andrew Polk A Nation at Risk? Education Debates and Policies from Reagan to Trump Carl P. Watts Undermining the Sandbags: How Neoliberalism Encouraged Undocumented Migration, from the 1980s to the Early 2020s Benjamin C. Montoya Racializing Legality in Post-1965 Immigration Debates Natalie Mendoza Something Old, Something New, Something Purple? US Military Adaptation from the Renewed Cold War to Resurrected Confrontation Hal Friedman Arctic Nation: Climate Change Changes Policy Jeremy M. McKenzie and Laura Krenicki Pushing Back: Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Activism during the Cold War and Beyond Lori Clune Framing America for the World: Understanding US Foreign Policy Rhetoric: Using Presidential Speeches before the UN General Assembly Amy L. Sayward Teaching Women and US Foreign Policy: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Women's Rights as Human Rights Allida Black and Kate English List of Contributors Index

"Quinney and Sayward's timely text is uniquely crafted to appeal to US history secondary classrooms. Enticing and exciting topics from Reagan to Trump lead students to research primary and secondary sources. Classroom students learn that contemporary issues are vital to America's future and critical thinking skills guide them to articulate a better tomorrow."--Rowena McClinton, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville "An excellent resource for secondary and undergraduate instructors and pre-service teachers in history and civics. . . . Highly recommended."--CHOICE Reviews "Exceptionally well organized and presented, Understanding and Teaching Contemporary US History since Reagan is comprised of fifteen erudite contributions deftly organized into two main sections. . . . An ideal and recommended addition."--Midwest Book Review