American decades primary sources

著者

• Rose, Cynthia

書誌事項

American decades primary sources

Cynthia Rose, project editor

Gale, c2004

• : set : hardcover
• 1900-1909 : hardcover
• 1910-1919 : hardcover
• 1920-1929 : hardcover
• 1930-1939 : hardcover
• 1940-1949 : hardcover
• 1950-1959 : hardcover
• 1960-1969 : hardcover
• 1970-1979 : hardcover
• 1980-1989 : hardcover
• 1990-1999 : hardcover

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

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1920-1929 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665906

内容説明

The Roaring Twenties was a roaring decade indeed. The passage of the Volstead Act prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol and spawned a black market network of smuggling and speakeasies. Gangsters like Al Capone captured the public's imagination. Fashionable, fun-loving women wore short skirts and even shorter hair. They, and a growing number of the public, danced to jazz music, and the popular Cotton Club in Chicago was open to both African Americans and whites. Business was booming in many industries and, for the first time, people were buying on credit. Speculation in the stock market was at an all-time high as a get rich quick mentality took hold, but the artificially inflated bubble burst on October 24, 1929. The stock market crash closed out the 1920s with a bang. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: New York Dada first and only issue of Dadaist magazine by Man RayMaidenform Brassiere Patent drawings and documentation, text facsimileAlfred E. Smith's speech on Religious BigotryReports and memos by J. Edgar Hoover, both as a special agent and Justice Department Attorney, on the activities of black nationalist Marcus Garvey The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame football: article by Grantland Rice and photograph of the playersFar From Well, book review by author and poet Dorothy ParkerPlan-Isometric and Elevation of a Minimum Dymaxion home and patent applicat by R. Buckminster FullerHandbook for Guardians of Camp Fire Girls, 1924Open Letter to the Pullman Company, by A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping CarPortersJournal entry of May 5, 1926, by Robert Goddard documenting the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket Daily Worker editorial cartoons covering the trial, sentencing, and execution of Sacco and VanzettiPhotograph of American Indian Chiefs Frank Seelatse and Jimmy Noah SaluskinThe Care and Feeding of Children, a guidebook for new parents

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1930-1939 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665913

内容説明

The United States in the 1930s was dominated by the economic difficulties of the Great Depression, which impacted life on all levels for much of the population. The Depression spurred federal programs in business and industry and investment in the arts and humanities, generating a heretofore unparalleled support for and public interest in literature, architecture, photography, and other ventures. At the same time, the country's economic woes did not discourage crime or social debate. The 1930s was a decade rich in new cultural and social programs, as well as political debate and legal challenge. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: Notes on a Cowboy Ballet, Aaron Copland's notes for Billy the KidProgress in Michigan, newsletter of the Works Progress AdministrationLand of the Spotted Eagle, by Luther Standing Bear A Century of Progress Exposition: Official Pictures in Color, exposition bookletWhat's the Matter with Congress? by Senator Lester J. DickinsonText facsimile of Al Capone's indictmentEleanor Roosevelt's letter of resignation from the Daughters of the American RevolutionWill the New Deal Be a Square Deal for the Negro? by Jesse O. ThomasSaga of the CCC, by John D. GuthrieAre We Going Communist? A Debate, by Everett Dean Martin and Earl BrowderPhotography of the Great Depression: Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Walker EvansCover and pages from Action Comics No. 1, by Jerome Siegel and Joe ShusterChildren Hurt at Work, by Gertrude Folks ZimandLetter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. RooseveltBox score of the Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers game on June 15, 1938

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1940-1949 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665920

内容説明

The United States of the 1940s marked the beginnings of significant social and political change. Men were shipped off to fight in World War II, and women entered the workforce in larger numbers than ever before to hold down the homefront, earning a taste of what it meant to be independent. African Americans fought beside their white counterparts in the war and returned home unwilling to accept the inequality under which they'd lived for so long. The United States ushered in the nuclear age with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also solidified its role as an international leader by helping to rebuild Europe and Japan under the Marshall Plan. The Soviet Union --once an ally -- became a feared enemy, and Americans looked for communists in their midst while the U.S. government shifted its policies from world war to Cold War. But while the government prepared to fight the communists, the public enjoyed the offerings of the first supermarkets. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: The Life of John Brown, No. 17, painting by Jacob LawrenceLinus Pauling's research notebooksPhotographs of supermarkets in the 1940sWorld War II editorial cartoons by Dr. SeussRichard Wright's Blues, review of Wright's novel, Black Boy, by Ralph EllisonFarewell to Manzanar and A Teacher at Topaz memoirs of teachers in Japanese-American internment campsText facsimile of Greenlight letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Major League Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1942Interviews with Holocaust SurvivorsPhotographs of Eames Chairs by Ray and Charles EamesTestimony of J. Edgar Hoover before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)World War II ration stamp booklets issued by the U.S. governmentThe Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, by Dr. Benjamin Spock

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1960-1969 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665944

内容説明

The 1960s was an active decade in the United States -- politically, militarily, socially, and popularly. The 1960s saw the world come to the brink of nuclear war as the United States and Soviet Union faced off in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and U.S. advisors and troops were sent to Vietnam to combat communist forces wanting to take over that country. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he campaigned in Texas for reelection, plunging the nation into stunned mourning. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his inspiring I Have a Dream speech at the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act became law, but King himself was assassinated. The public demonstrated in support of civil rights and against the military draft, sometimes resulting in riots and violence. While the 1960s contained the upheaval of violence and change, is also saw the colorful burst of tie dye, the first airing of Sesame Street, the wild popularity of the Beatles, and the first man to walk on the moon. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: Lyrics to Blowin' in the Wind, by Bob Dylan, and flyer for the March on Washington to protest the Vietnam War, where Peter, Paul, and Mary performed the songUnsafe at Any Speed, by consumer advocate Ralph NaderAs the Seed Is Sown, report on Head Start programTye Dye clothingCodes of conduct for use by troops in Vietnam: Nine Rules, The Enemy in Your Hands, and Guidance for Commanders in VietnamPrayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle, by Ce sar Cha vezVast Wasteland speech delivered by FCC Chairman Newton Minow to the National Association of Broadcasters, May 1961First Surgeon General's report on Smoking and Health, 1964Humanae Vitae: Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Regulation of BirthDr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from a Birmingham jailPhotograph of a bootprint on the surface of the Moon from the Apollo 11 lunar landingRoger Maris At Bat, excerpt from Maris's 1962 autobiography detailing his chasing Ruth's home run record the year beforeChicago Trial Testimony, by Allen Ginsberg"

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1970-1979 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665951

内容説明

The 1970s continued the tumult of the previous decade with new political and social conflicts. While the country remained embroiled in the Vietnam War for the first half of the decade, the Nixon administration found itself sinking under the weight of the Watergate scandal. President Richard Nixon ultimately resigned before he could be impeached for his infractions, but not before he pulled U.S. troops out of Vietnam. The U.S. Supreme Court both pleased and appalled the public, depending on one's opinion of the matter, when it ruled that abortion was legal. A medical, social, and moral controversy surrounded the first test tube baby. By the decade's close, floppy disks were for sale, Microsoft was founded, and Americans had been taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Iran. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: Born to Run, by Bruce SpringsteenLooking Out for Number One by Robert J. Ringer Now is the Time of t Furnaces And the Light Will be Seen Kent State SDS Flyer, and statements from witnesses to events that led to the deaths of four studentsLeisure suits -- from the Sears, Roebuck CatalogYellow Ribbon, the diary of Iran Hostage Crisis survivor Bruce LanigenU.S. v. Nixon, the case against Richard M. NixonSelf-help books: The Book of est and I'm OK, You're OKA Personal Report from Ms. an article about the creation of magazineA M*A*S*H Note for Docs, commencement speech given by Alan AldaLetter from the Catholic Bishops declaring racism a sin: Brothers and Sisters To UsArticlefrom Scientific American about the Viking mission to MarsNorman Mailer's article on the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frasier, 1971

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1980-1989 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665968

内容説明

of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti banning Pete Rose from baseball

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1990-1999 : hardcover ISBN 9780787665975

内容説明

Closing out the twentieth century, the 1990s showed no signs that the United States would enter quietly into the next millennium. Under the George H.W. Bush administration, U.S. troops fought in the first Gulf War, liberating Kuwait from Iraq. David Koresh's cult compound in Waco, Texas, was raided by federal agents. President Bill Clinton was impeached by Congress, but remained in office to complete his second term. NASA's Pathfinder sent images of Mars back to Earth. The curious could view the images on the rapidly expanding and increasingly accessible Internet. While new technology transformed much of how people communicated and worked, some business-place practices are universal. These were humorously represented in the new Dilbert comic strip. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: Art work by African American artist Kara Walker The Preamble to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)Transcript of National Public Radio broadcast about the Columbine shootings in Littleton, ColoradoAdvertisement for Levi's Dockers pantsThe First Bush-Clinton-Perot DebateThe Starr Report, September 9, 1998Dilbert cartoon by Scott Adams accompanied by an excerpt from Adams's The Dilbert PrincipleIs Fox News Fair? an article from the Columbia Journalism ReviewPresident Clinton's Memorandum on Fetal Tissue Transplantation ResearchSpeech by Minister Louis Farrakhan at the Million Man March, October 17, 1995Darwin's Black Box, by Michael BeheFrom Russia With Love, excerpts from Venus Williams's diaryTestimony from the confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA6524597X
• ISBN:
  • 0787665878
  • 0787665886
  • 0787665894
  • 0787665908
  • 0787665916
  • 0787665924
  • 0787665932
  • 0787665940
  • 0787665959
  • 0787665967
  • 0787665975
• LCCN: 2002008155
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Detroit
• ページ数/冊数: 10 v.
• 大きさ: 29 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : E169.1
  • DC21 : 973.91
• 件名:
  • LCSH : United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Sources