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

Published
2011- Detroit, Michigan : Gale Cengage Learning
Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research, a part of Cengage Learning, 1994-2019.
Copyright Date
©1994-2019.
Physical Description
volumes <1-12> : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Additional Creators
Tompkins, Vincent, Baughman, Judith, Bondi, Victor, Layman, Richard, 1947-, Bargeron, Eric L., Tidd, James F., and McConnell, Tandy

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Language Note
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 -- Volume 12: 2010-2019 --. and 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.
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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)
0787640301 (v. 10)
9780787640309 (v. 10)
1414436068 (v. 11)
9781414436067 (v. 11)
9781414486260 (v. 12)
141448626X (v. 12)
Note
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."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Other Forms
Available online and in print.
Source of Acquisition
Social Sciences reference set: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20023.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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