20th century

A decade-by-decade look at trends in twentieth-century fashion and the social and cultural events that influenced them, covering the 1990s, with original paintings, photographs, and illustrations of record jackets, advertisements, posters, and other memorabilia.

A decade-by-decade look at trends in twentieth-century fashion and the social and cultural events that influenced them, covering the 1960s, with original paintings, photographs, and illustrations of record jackets, advertisements, posters, and other memorabilia.

Traces the growth of diverse religious groups throughout the twentieth century, and considers the role of religion in politics, the Civil Rights Movement, World War II and II, and other historical events. Includes a chronology and references.

Despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends, living in England in 1962, still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.

Describes the time period known as the Harlem Renaissance, during which African American artists, poets, writers, thinkers, and musicians flourished in Harlem, New York.

Outlines the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict over the founding of the state of Israel, from 1948 to 2001.

Examines the life of Mao Zedong, the leader of the People's Republic of China during the mid-twentieth century, focusing on the impact he had on world events.

An illustrated, decade-by-decade collection of biological profiles of significant African-Americans, from W.E.B. DuBois to Tiger Woods.

A collection of essays by well-known authors for young people, reflecting on various aspects of life in twentieth-century America, including politics, the environment, sports, fashion, and civil rights.

Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.