Events that shaped the century /
Events that shaped the century /
- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1998.
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Our American century .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
Images of the Century -- A Nation Transformed: 1900-2000 -- The Events -- 1900 Cameras for All -- 1901 The Birth of U.S. Steel -- 1903 The First World Series -- First in Flight -- 1904 Ice Cream Cone Invented -- 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake -- Reforming an Industry -- 1907 The High Tide of Immigration -- 1909 Freud in America -- 1911 A Fiery Horror -- 1913 The Armory Show -- Ford's Assembly Line -- 1914 Around the World: Two Deaths Start a War -- 1915 A Movie Milestone -- 1916 Self-Service Shopping -- A Child Labor Law -- 1917 "The Yanks are Coming!" -- 1919 Around the World: A Dangerous Treaty -- 1920 The Babe -- Prohibition -- Woman Suffrage -- Commercial Radio -- 1921 Miss America -- 1922 Jazz Goes National -- 1925 Science on Trial -- Frozen Food -- 1927 Lucky Lindy -- The First Talkie -- 1929 The Great Crash -- 1931 A Towering Symbol -- 1932 The Great Depression -- 1933 Around the World: Hitler Comes to Power -- 1933 FDR's First 100 Days -- The Dust Bowl -- 1934 Hoover's G-Men -- 1935 Social Security -- 1937 A Triumph for Labor -- 1937 Around the World: Japan Makes War on China -- 1939 Gone With the Wind -- 1939 Around the World: Hitler Invades Poland -- 1941 Pearl Harbor -- War! -- 1942 Americans Behind Barbed Wire -- The Battle of Midway -- 1944 D-Day in Normandy -- Battle of the Bulge -- 1945 The Yalta Conference -- Victory on Iwo Jima -- 1945 Around the World: The Holocaust -- Hiroshima -- 1946 ENIAC -- 1947 Breaking Barriers -- Baby Boom! -- 1948 The Kinsey Report -- The Berlin Airlift -- 1949 Around the World: China Goes Communist -- 1950 Charge It, Please -- War in Korea -- 1952 Witch Hunt -- 1954 Television Takes Center Stage -- Attack on Polio -- Brown v. the Board of Education -- 1955 The Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Faster Food -- 1956 New Highways -- Elvis Hits It Big -- 1957 Showdown in Little Rock -- 1957 Around the World: A Russian Triumph in Space -- 1960 The Pill -- A TV First -- 1961 Around the World: The Berlin Wall Goes Up -- 1962 Americans in Space -- Silent Spring -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 1963 A Call to Feminism -- The March on Washington -- Death of a President -- 1964 The Beatles Invade -- The End of Jim Crow -- New Left Protest -- 1965 Escalation in Vietnam -- "We Shall Overcome," -- 1966 A Warning to Smokers -- Rights for the Accused -- 1967 The First Super Bowl -- Hero of the Little Man -- 1968 The Tet Offensive -- The Assassination of Dr. King -- The Killing of Robert Kennedy -- 1968 Democratic National Convention -- 1969 Man on the Moon -- Woodstock Festival -- 1970 Death at Kent State -- 1971 Pentagon Papers -- 1972 Nixon in China -- 1973 Legalizing Abortion -- Leaving Vietnam -- The Watergate Hearings -- The Energy Crisis -- 1974 Nixon Resigns -- 1977 The PC Boots Up -- Star Wars and Star Wares -- 1978 Around the World: Test-Tube Baby -- 1978 Around the World: The Camp David Peace Accords -- 1979 Three Mile Island -- 1981 The Reagan Revolution -- The Hostage Crisis -- The AIDS Epidemic -- 1982 A Healing Wall -- 1984 Top Hit: Thriller -- 1986 The Explosion of Challenger -- 1987 The INF Treaty -- 1989 Around the World: Revolt in Tiananmen Square -- Around the World: The Fall of the Berlin Wall -- 1990 Assisted Suicide -- Scandal on Wall Street -- 1991 Desert Storm -- 1992 The New Americans -- 1993 The Web -- Baby Boomers Take Charge -- The Hubble Telescope -- 1994 Gay Rights -- 1994 Around the World: A New Day for South Africa -- 1995 Around the World: Global Warming -- 1997 Around the World: Cloning -- 1997 Trailblazing on Mars.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
Images of the Century -- A Nation Transformed: 1900-2000 -- The Events -- 1900 Cameras for All -- 1901 The Birth of U.S. Steel -- 1903 The First World Series -- First in Flight -- 1904 Ice Cream Cone Invented -- 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake -- Reforming an Industry -- 1907 The High Tide of Immigration -- 1909 Freud in America -- 1911 A Fiery Horror -- 1913 The Armory Show -- Ford's Assembly Line -- 1914 Around the World: Two Deaths Start a War -- 1915 A Movie Milestone -- 1916 Self-Service Shopping -- A Child Labor Law -- 1917 "The Yanks are Coming!" -- 1919 Around the World: A Dangerous Treaty -- 1920 The Babe -- Prohibition -- Woman Suffrage -- Commercial Radio -- 1921 Miss America -- 1922 Jazz Goes National -- 1925 Science on Trial -- Frozen Food -- 1927 Lucky Lindy -- The First Talkie -- 1929 The Great Crash -- 1931 A Towering Symbol -- 1932 The Great Depression -- 1933 Around the World: Hitler Comes to Power -- 1933 FDR's First 100 Days -- The Dust Bowl -- 1934 Hoover's G-Men -- 1935 Social Security -- 1937 A Triumph for Labor -- 1937 Around the World: Japan Makes War on China -- 1939 Gone With the Wind -- 1939 Around the World: Hitler Invades Poland -- 1941 Pearl Harbor -- War! -- 1942 Americans Behind Barbed Wire -- The Battle of Midway -- 1944 D-Day in Normandy -- Battle of the Bulge -- 1945 The Yalta Conference -- Victory on Iwo Jima -- 1945 Around the World: The Holocaust -- Hiroshima -- 1946 ENIAC -- 1947 Breaking Barriers -- Baby Boom! -- 1948 The Kinsey Report -- The Berlin Airlift -- 1949 Around the World: China Goes Communist -- 1950 Charge It, Please -- War in Korea -- 1952 Witch Hunt -- 1954 Television Takes Center Stage -- Attack on Polio -- Brown v. the Board of Education -- 1955 The Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Faster Food -- 1956 New Highways -- Elvis Hits It Big -- 1957 Showdown in Little Rock -- 1957 Around the World: A Russian Triumph in Space -- 1960 The Pill -- A TV First -- 1961 Around the World: The Berlin Wall Goes Up -- 1962 Americans in Space -- Silent Spring -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 1963 A Call to Feminism -- The March on Washington -- Death of a President -- 1964 The Beatles Invade -- The End of Jim Crow -- New Left Protest -- 1965 Escalation in Vietnam -- "We Shall Overcome," -- 1966 A Warning to Smokers -- Rights for the Accused -- 1967 The First Super Bowl -- Hero of the Little Man -- 1968 The Tet Offensive -- The Assassination of Dr. King -- The Killing of Robert Kennedy -- 1968 Democratic National Convention -- 1969 Man on the Moon -- Woodstock Festival -- 1970 Death at Kent State -- 1971 Pentagon Papers -- 1972 Nixon in China -- 1973 Legalizing Abortion -- Leaving Vietnam -- The Watergate Hearings -- The Energy Crisis -- 1974 Nixon Resigns -- 1977 The PC Boots Up -- Star Wars and Star Wares -- 1978 Around the World: Test-Tube Baby -- 1978 Around the World: The Camp David Peace Accords -- 1979 Three Mile Island -- 1981 The Reagan Revolution -- The Hostage Crisis -- The AIDS Epidemic -- 1982 A Healing Wall -- 1984 Top Hit: Thriller -- 1986 The Explosion of Challenger -- 1987 The INF Treaty -- 1989 Around the World: Revolt in Tiananmen Square -- Around the World: The Fall of the Berlin Wall -- 1990 Assisted Suicide -- Scandal on Wall Street -- 1991 Desert Storm -- 1992 The New Americans -- 1993 The Web -- Baby Boomers Take Charge -- The Hubble Telescope -- 1994 Gay Rights -- 1994 Around the World: A New Day for South Africa -- 1995 Around the World: Global Warming -- 1997 Around the World: Cloning -- 1997 Trailblazing on Mars.
0783555024 9780783555027
97053235
United States--History--20th century--Chronology.
United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
United States--History--20th century.
E741 / .E94 1998
973.9/02/02