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The ancient cliff dwellers of Mesa Verde

1992
Discusses the native Americans known as the Anasazi, who migrated to southwestern Colorado in the first century A.D. and mysteriously disappeared in 1300 A.D. after constructing extensive dwellings in the cliffs of the steep canyon walls.

George Eastman

1992
Describes the life of the man who revolutionized photography by developing a camera simple enough for anyone to use.

The eighties

1990
Discusses the youth culture of the eighties, highlighted by fitness, Michael Jackson, Dungeons and Dragons, breakdancing, AIDS, and politically by the first flight of the space shuttle and Gorbachev's assumption of power in the Soviet Union.

The seventies

1990
Discusses the culture and historical events of the 1970s, including Watergate, the fall of Saigon, skateboards, and reggae.

Everyday fashions of the twenties as pictured in Sears and other catalogs

1981
Presents fashion pages from the Sears, Roebuck, and other mail-order catalogs of the 1920s, featuring over 750 captioned illustrations of clothing and accessories for men, women, and children.

Everyday fashions of the thirties as pictured in Sears catalogs

1986
Presents 133 pages of women's, men's, and children's fashions from the fall and spring Sears catalogs of 1930 through 1939.

The Harlem Renaissance

1996
Chronicles the early twentieth-century artistic and intellectual revolution in black America.

The incredible sixties

the stormy years that changed America
1986
A comprehensive look at the 1960s, which had the Vietnam War, a sexual revolution, a feminist revolution, the Kennedy era, scientific advancements, exploding ghettos, freedom riders, and other important changes in music, art, literature, science, politics, and civil rights.

Gibson girls and suffragists

perceptions of women from 1900 to 1918
2008
Presents an illustrated history of the images and issues of women in the early part of the twentieth century with specific emphasis on Gibson Girls and the suffragist movement.

Flappers and the new American woman

perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s
2008
Presents a detailed description of the images and issues about women during the 1920s including the changing fashions, fight for equal rights, and move away from the Victorian image of women.

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