Defining the Decades

  WRT 205 - Fitzsimmons

 

Here are some books and Internet sources that can be used to find a significant event or things that changed history on which you can focus your research for this paper. It is suggested that you could use pictures to help define your topic. They can be found in the books and scanned or the Internet and downloaded. “A picture is worth a thousand words” and can help to clarify or exemplify your topic. You can show the images to your relative, friend or neighbor and that may help to expand your topic.

 

Books

(Books that have LAC after the call number are located in the Limited Access Collection on the 4^th floor. Look around that area as there may be other books to help you.)

 

This Fabulous Century by Time Life Books

E161.T55 LAC

 

American Century: One Hundred Years of Changing Life Styles in America

By Ralph K. Andrist

E169.1.A556 LAC

 

Flashing on the Sixties by Lisa Law

E169.12.L35 1987 LAC

 

Century of Change: America In Pictures 1900-2000 by Richard Stolley and Tony Chiu

E741.L5 2000 LAC

 

Our Glorious Century by Readers Digest Association

E 741.o96 1994 LAC

 

Transformation and Reaction: America 1921-1945 By Glen Jeansonne

E784.J43 1993

 

The American Dream: the 50’s by Time Life Books

E813.A766 1998

 

Events that Shaped the Country by Time Life Books

E741.E94 LAC

 

Hard Times: the 30’s by Time Life Books

E806.H325 1998 LAC

 

Pride and Prosperity, the 80’s by Time Life Books

E876.P745 1999 LAC

 

Time of Transition the 70’s by time Life Books

E839.T54 1998 LAC

 

Life: The 60’s by Time Life Books

E841.L54 1989 LAC

 

Pride and Prosperity: the 80’s by Time Life Books

E876.P745 1999 LAC

 

The Events That Shaped the Century

E741.E94 1998 LAC

 

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture by Tom Pendergast and Sally Pendergast

E169.1.S764 2000 Fine Arts Reference

Internet source

 

 

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century, Kingwood College Library

 

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

 

 

Library of Congress – American Memory Project

 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

 

 

Pop Culture by decades Florida Community College at Jackson,

Deerwood Center Library

 

http://www.fccj.org/library/deerwood/reference/pop.htm

 

 

Infoplease.Com

 

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

 

Search Terms to Use

Cultural History
United States History 20th century
Pictorial works.
United States Social life and customs 20th century
United States History 20th century Chronology.
United States Social life and customs 20th century
Popular Culture
Decades (20’s, 40’s, 80’s)
Events in history
War

 

 

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