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Tables of Contents for The American Century
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
8
4
Maxwell L. Anderson
The American Century: Art & Culture 1950--2000
Lisa Phillips
America Takes Command: 1950--1960
The Postwar American Art Community
12
2
Abstract Expressionism: The New York Vanguard
14
13
Vanguard Art and Cold War Politics
27
14
The Second-Generation New York School and Beyond
41
18
Redefining the American Dream: 1950--1960
Truth Tellers and Rebel Angels
59
24
Closing the Gap Between Art and Life
83
31
New Frontiers: 1960--1967
Pop Culture Reigns
114
31
Minimalism: A Quest for Order
145
32
America at the Crossroads: 1964--1976
Questioning the Canon
177
46
The Ascendance of Alternatives
223
46
Restoration and Reaction: 1976--1990
The Mediated World: Art and Photography
269
19
Street Culture: Art and Community
288
17
Market Power
305
20
The Culture Wars
325
10
Approaching the Millennium: 1990--2000
Shifting Territories
335
39
Notes
374
3
Selected Bibliography
377
6
Notes on Contributors
383
2
Acknowledgments
385
3
Index
388