Traces the events, trends, politics, and important people of the 1960s, including lifestyles, fashion, arts and entertainment, sports, environmental issues, and technology.
Chronicles some of the major events and people from the 1950s including the Korean War, Elvis Presley, television sitcoms such as "I Love Lucy, " rock and roll, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights movement.
Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, advances in medicine and technology, people, and world issues that made the 1940s a unique time in American and world history.
Examines the events and developments that shaped the second decade of the twentieth century in the U.S., covering social issues, domestic and foreign politics, fashions and fads, arts and entertainment, sports, science and technology, and medicine.
Presents a brief profile of the events, trends, and important people of the 1900s, covering science, technology, medicine, politics, sports, the arts and entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, and fads.
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1990s, covering science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980s, covering science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.
Presents a list of facts about Venus, describes the landscape of the planet, reviews the history of research and thinking about Venus, and provides information about its atmosphere and orbit. Includes links to related Internet sites.
Describes the people, history, land, plants, animals, cities, rural areas, transportation systems, economy, and leisure pursuits of America's Pacific states including Alaska and Hawaii.
Provides information on the planet earth, including earth facts, its atmosphere and oceans, how it formed and how it has changed, how it revolves and rotates, and what life on earth is like. Includes tables, glossary, index and websites for further research.
