Decades of the 20th Century Resources

Looking for books on events or the culture within a particular decade?

20's

...roaring 20s, thirst for an ebulent life, bobbed hair, prohibition, flappers, modern society, movies, automobile, airplane, Jazz Age...

30's

...Great Depression, dust bowl, New Deal, social security, racism, gathering storm, road to war...

40's

...war, human suffering, rebuilding, an uneasy peace...

50's

...booming fifties, freedom, prosperity, discovery of the teenager, relaxation, leisure time, beatniks, consumerism, suburbs, malls, supermarkets...

60's

...swinging sixties, man in space, moon landing, civil rights movement, Beatles, Woodstock, Canada's Centennial, Vietnam...

70's

...decade of contrasts, affluence, rebellious youth, materialistic world, pop music, disco, blockbuster movie, world oil crisis, inflation, Watergate, women's movement, environment, toxic waste...

80's

...famine, war, space tragedy, Aids, global communications, Internet, music videos, glitz...

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