Richard M. Abrams is a professor of history at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has been teaching since 1961. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1962. He was a Fulbright Professor at the University of London (1968-9) and Moscow State University (1989). Professor Abrams is the author of Conservatism in a Progressive Era: The Burdens of Progress and editor or co-editor of The Shaping of 20th Century America and The Issues of Populist and Progressive Eras.
Part I. Retrospect: 1. 'The American Century'
2. Before the revolutions
3. The challenge of power
4. The inflation of moral possibilities
5. The generational chasm
Part II. Eight Revolutions: 6. Affluence
7. From isolation to hegemonic power
8. The rise of the military
9. The reorganization of the business system
10. The revolution in racial relations
11. The revolution in gender roles
12. Revolution in sexual behavior and attitudes
13. The demise of privacy
Part III. Counterrevolution: 14. Collapse of the Liberal Democratic coalition
15. Liberalism: ascension and declension
16. The Liberal Democratic coalition
17. The failure syndrome
18. Rise of the New Left and birth of 'neoconservatism'
19. Right-wing ascendancy
20. The Reagan revolution
21. Summary
Part IV. 'The New American Century'.
