INDEX ★ A-115ISIS and, 1146–47
Islam and, 1066, 1125
uprisings in, 1146
U.S. presence in, 1115 , 1116
see also Gulf War; Iraq War; Israel
Middletown (Lynd and Lynd), 790
Midgley, Thomas (1889–1944), 981
Midway Island, Battle of, 870, 870
migrant farm workers, 697, 842–43,
848–49, 851, 853, 944, 1018
Migration Series, The (Lawrence), 766
Militant Liberty, 918
military, U.S.:
desegregation of, 925
gays in, 1076
and Operation Wetback, 934
post-World War II demobilization of, 908,
922
prisons, 1119, 1126, 1127, 1136
Reagan and build-up of, 1065
segregation in, 764–65, 893
spending on, 959, 961, 1114
tribunals, 1118, 1127, 1145
military bases, 875
military-industrial complex, 863, 874–75,
980, 1004, 1043
military spending, 959, 961
Militia of Montana, 1101
militias:
in Iraq, 1116
radical conservative, 1101
Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892–1950),
780
Milliken v. Bradley, 1035
Millionaire’s Row, 694
Mills, C. Wright (1916–1962), 965–66
Mills, Florence (1895–1927), 809
Milosevic, Slobodan (1941–2006), 1080
Milwaukee, Wis., 698
minimum wage, 724, 729, 747, 791, 830,
844, 850, 883, 922, 956, 960, 988,
1086, 1139, 1140
mining, 618–19, 698, 699, 730, 785, 875
coal, 660, 726, 769
in national parks, 727, 729
strikes and, 656, 754
United Mine Workers and, 711
Minneapolis, Minn., 787, 831, 925
Minnesota, 615, 847, 1024, 1064
minorities:
home ownership and, 1129–32
“subprime” mortgages and, 1129–32
Miracle, The (movie), 796Mendez v. Westminster, 972
Mercedes, 702
Meredith, James (1933–), 986
Meridian, Miss., 596
Merkel, Angela, 1147
Methodists, 679, 683
African-American, 568
Prohibition and, 752
racial division among, 669
Meuse-Argonne campaign, 746
Mexican-Americans, 629
Mexicans, Mexican immigrants, 614, 617,
696, 697, 701, 760, 804, 854, 993,
996, 1035, 1091–92, 1093 , 1123
activism among, 1018–19, 1019
as cowboys, 617
immigrant labor forces, 785
New Deal and, 848–49
Operation Wetback and, 934
and wages, 1124
World War II and, 886
Mexican War, 618, 741–42, 744, 756, 876
Mexico, 624, 744, 805, 849, 886, 1087 , 1123
border wall with, 1125
immigration from, 1148
jobs exported to, 1120
loss of U.S. jobs to, 1120
NAFTA and, 1076, 1086, 1088
Wilson and, 741–42
Mexico City, Mexico, Olympics at, 1026
Meyer, August R., 618
Meyer v. Nebraska, 793, 807
MFDP, see Mississippi Freedom Demo-
cratic Party
Miami, Fla., 1087, 1092
Michigan, 701 , 702, 873
Michigan, University of, affirmative action
and, 1126
microchip, 1082
Microsoft, 1081, 1083 , 1085, 1086
Middle Border, 615–16
middle class, 942, 947, 949, 950, 1063,
1085, 1088, 1095, 1139, 1140, 1141
feminism in, 1015
home ownership and, 828, 841
materialism of, 967–68
poverty invisible to, 997
reformers, 641
socialism and, 643
women in, 966
Middle East, 742, 773 , 775, 776, 910, 916,
964, 1044, 1050–52, 1086, 1087,
1113, 1115 , 1116, 1118, 1153