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Life & Times in
20th-Century America
[Five Volumes]
144 pages (each volume), maps, photos
Greenwood Press, First published 2004
Originally published at $200, this set of
history books provides an overview of the 1900s in America. A good reference
set, Life & Times in 20th Century America is written with the middle
schooler (6th-8th grade) in mind.
Description:
While newspapers, radio, television, and later the Internet reported
astounding national and world events such as World War I and II, the moon
landing, and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, daily life continued
apace for most Americans. How did the century's various discoveries,
inventions, and events affect everyday Americans?
Greenwood's five-volume Life & Times in
20th-Century America traces in detail the ups and downs of this political
and social history, helping students to see how historical events impacted
citizens' daily lives.
Each volume includes chapters on the following topics:
America during the period (overview and chronology)
Family Life
Social and Political Attitudes
Education
The Economy
Work
Religion
Health, Science and Technology
Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment
Fashions and Fads.
Readers can trace each topic from the beginning of the century to its end,
and can compare and contrast how various people and events influenced the
topic over time.
Volume 1: Becoming a Modern Nation: 1900-1920
Volume 2: Boom Times, Hard Times: 1921-1940
Volume 3: Hot and Cold Wars: 1941-1960
Volume 4: Troubled Times at Home: 1961-1980
Volume 5: Promise and Change: 1981-2000
Set Features:
720 pages in 5 volumes
7 x 10
2-color interior
250 Photographs
100 Maps, Charts, and Illustrations
Sidebars and Fact boxes
Timelines
Excerpts from Primary documents
Glossary
Index.
Curriculum Themes:
American life during the period
Fashions and Fads
Sports and entertainment through American history
Relationship between social attitudes and politics
Effects of the economy and work on family life
Relationship between work and education.
Reading Level: 6th-8th Grades
Table of Contents:
Volume 1 - America in the New Century
Family Life
Social and Political Attitudes
Education
The Economic and Consumer World
Work
Religion and Religious Issues
Health, Science, and Technology
Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment
Fashion and Fads
Glossary
For More Information
Bibliography
Index
Volume 2 - Life on a Roller Coaster
Volume 3 - Victory, Prosperity, and Cold War
Volume 4 - Old Challenges and a "New Frontier"
Volume 5 - America Closes the Century
Description of each volume:
Volume 1 - Becoming a Modern Nation: 1900-1920
Emerging from the Gilded Age, Americans greeted a new century in the midst
of the Industrial Revolution. Factory working conditions were hazardous, but
earnings provided families with income for necessities, as well as new
luxuries such as automobiles or tickets to baseball games. Fashions for men
and women grew less restrictive, and women struggled for the right to vote.
Many modern medicines had not yet been developed, and families struggled to
nurse loved ones through the flu epidemic of 1918/19.
Volume 2 - Boom Times, Hard Times: 1921-1940
The 1920s was a decade of great economic prosperity, coming to be known as
the "Roaring Twenties." With greater incomes, people and families enjoyed
leisure activities, listening to the new jazz music in clubs and on their
phonographs at home. In the 1930s, prosperity yielded to the economic
hardships of the Great Depression. Teens often sacrificed their educations
to support their families. The movie theater emerged as an escape from the
strains of daily living.
Volume 3 - Hot and Cold Wars: 1941-1960
World War II brought great disruption to American life, as men and women
were called to fight and their remaining family members endured long days
working to support the war effort. When the soldiers returned at the end of
the war, the new GI bill created an influx of college enrollments.
Servicemen braved the housing shortage to begin a new life with their young
wives and children. Cars were now readily available, and families began
moving to the new suburbs. America's fascination with science was ignited by
the space race against the Soviet Union.
Volume 4 - Troubled Times at Home: 1961-1980
The 1960s brought great change to the social and cultural lives of
Americans. Many more students went to college and rejected the traditional
political, religious, and social values of their parents. Influenced first
by the British Invasion of musical groups such as The Beatles, and later the
folk music and resulting hippie culture of singers such as Bob Dylan, young
people fought for women's rights, civil rights, and, in the 1970s, the right
to protest the Vietnam War. Americans triumphed when they sent the first men
to the moon in 1969.
Volume 5 - Promise and Change: 1981-2000
President Ronald Ragan was elected in 1980 and established a new era of
political and social conservatism. The preppie style of clothing became
popular, particularly among young men and women joining the working world
for the first time. A new emphasis on fitness encouraged many Americans to
get in shape, but obesity rates continued to rise. The AIDS epidemic brought
fear to ordinary activities such as sharing public spaces and undergoing
medical procedures, until researchers gained knowledge and developed new
treatments. By the 1990s, one of the most profound inventions to ever impact
daily life became widespread among families and professionals alike: the
personal computer.
Book condition:
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from a bookstore. It may have minor shelf wear on the cover, or other mild
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