Text and accompanying photographs present primary source materials covering such major social and political events in United States history as the civil rights movement, the Great Society, and the Vietnam war and anti-war sentiment.
Presents articles and primary documents on twenty-seven key historical and cultural events in America spanning 1992-2001, from the Rodney King verdict to the September 11 terrorist attacks, and includes an introduction, chronology, and selected bibliography.
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980s, including science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.