The most comprehensive social history of late 20th-century America to date.
A series of connected essays that provide information about various aspects of life in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, discussing community and family, movies and television, science and technology, changing social attitudes ...
Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s.
"The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945 is a vivid chronicle of American life between the two world wars that reveals a country expanding in every direction, energetic and optimistic in...
... Cold War concerns, 4:61; college, 1:423–27; 2:91, 529–30; 3:67, 155; 4:172–73; in Colonial America (1763–1789), ... 3:66, 380; technical institutions, 1:442–43; three Rs, 1:224; tuition, 1:62; tutors, 1:61; universities, 2:20– 21; ...
Discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Americans during the decades of development and depression in the 1920s and 1930s.
... Larger Role for Government in Daily Life Continuity and Change: America at the End of the 1930s 177 195 217 253 261 This page intentionally left blank. Preface Entering the twenty - Page vii DAILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1920–1939: ...
This text presents the 1940s as a time of social problems that existed alongside community commitment to the war, while the 1950s are presented as a time when exciting social change such as the beginning of the civil rights movement and the ...
... Omaha and Ponka Letters. Washington, DC: Government Printing Of- fice, 1891. Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Boston: The Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. Dresser, Horatio W.
Provides a comprehensive look at the decade in America when demonstrations were commonplace and traditional values were questioned and presents American history through the eyes and ears of everyday Americans, providing a deeper ...
This fourth edition of Nearby History is a comprehensive handbook for those interested in investigating the history of communities, families, local institutions, and cultural artifacts.