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American decades

Title

American decades / edited by Vincent Tompkins, Judith Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, Eric Bargeron, and James Tidd.

Format

Book

Published

2011- Detroit, Michigan : Gale Cengage Learning Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research, a part of Cengage Learning, 1994-2011. ©1994-2011.

Description

volumes <1-11> : illustrations ; 29 cm.

URL

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3468399999&q=idaho_s_woodrms - (Available for Wood River Middle School via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access) http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:christian&res_id=info:sid/gale:GVRL&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft_id=info:sid/gale:bmcode:recid/0DNF <The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page> http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366295 https://ezproxy.vccs.edu/ezproxy-bin/eauth.plx?gvrls0DNF - (An electronic book available to VCCS users only.)

Other contributors

Tompkins, Vincent. editor. Baughman, Judith. editor. Bondi, Victor. editor. Layman, Richard, 1947- editor. Bargeron, Eric L., editor. Tidd, James F., editor. McConnell, Tandy, editor.

Uniform series

Gale virtual reference library.

Notes

Volume 3: edited by Judith S. Baughman; Volume 4-5, 8-9: edited by Victor Bondi; Volume 6: edited by Richard Layman -- Volume 10: edited by Tandy McConnell -- Volume 11: edited by Eric Bargeron with James F. Tidd Jr. "A Manly, Inc. book." Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Available online and in print. English.

Contents

• Volume 1: 1900-1909
• Volume 2: 1910-1919
• Volume 3: 1920-1929
• Volume 4: 1930-1939
• Volume 5: 1940-1949
• Volume 6: 1950-1959
• Volume 7: 1960-1969
• Volume 8: 1970-1979
• Volume 9: 1980-1989
• Volume 10: 1990-1999
• Volume 11: 2000-2009.

• Table Of Contains For Each Volume: Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: World events
• Chapter 2: Arts
• Chapter 3: Business and the economy
• Chapter 4: Education
• Chapter 5: Fashion
• Chapter 6: Government and politics
• Chapter 7: Law and justice
• Chapter 8: Lifestyles and social trends
• Chapter 9: Media
• Chapter 10: Medicine and health
• Chapter 11: Religion
• Chapter 12: Science and technology
• Chapter 13: Sports
• General references
• Contributors
• Index to photographs
• General index.

Summary

American Decades: The decades of 20th -century American-the most diverse and dramatic intervals in the history of humankind-have been singled out for individual coverage in this landmark series. Changes and challenges unique to each 10-year period are covered with extraordinary depth and thoroughness in American Decades. Each volume begins with a chronology of world events to provide a context for the American experience. Next, readers can explore American life during the decade from 12 separate perspectives: Arts. -- Business and the economy. -- Education. -- Fashion. -- Government and politics. -- Law and justice. -- Lifestyles and social trends. -- Media. -- Medicine and health. -- Religion. -- Science and technology. -- Sports. Each chapter includes articles covering headlines and headline-markers, awards, achievements and other enlightening and entertaining facts reported in engaging style.

Subject headings

United States--Civilization--20th century. United States--Civilization--1945- United States--Civilization--21st century.

Genre heading

Reference works. Reference works.

ISBN

0787650765 (set) 9780787650766 (set) 0810357224 (v. 1) 9780810357228 (v. 1) 0810357232 (v. 2) 9780810357235 (v. 2) 0810357240 (v. 3) 9780810357242 (v. 3) 0810357259 (v. 4) 9780810357259 (v. 4) 0810357267 (v. 5) 9780810357266 (v. 5) 0810357275 (v. 6) 9780810357273 (v. 6) 0810388839 (v. 7) 9780810388833 (v. 7) 0810388820 (v. 8) 9780810388826 (v. 8) 0810388812 (v. 9) 9780810388819 (v. 9) 9781414436067 (v. 11) 0787640301 (v. 10) 9780787640309 (v. 10) 1414436068 (v. 11)