Uniondale High School Library Media Center/ Resources/American Decades

United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Chronology.	United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Miscellanea
United States -- Civilization	United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945
United States -- History -- 1961-1969.	United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945	United States -- Social life and customs.
United States -- Social life and customs.

Students should use the following online databases. Please make sure you ask a member of the Library Staff for a
copy of the Usernames and Passwords to be able to use the following databases:

Student Resource Center Gold

Opposing Viewpoints

CQ Researcher

The New York Times (Historical)

Newsday

Select Bibliography -- book selections from the Uniondale High School Library:

REF 902 ON	On this day in history : the history of the world in 366 days. Avenel, New Jersey: Crescent Books, c1992.
REF 902.02 CHR	Chronicle of the 20th century  Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, [1991?].
917.3 TIM	This fabulous century : 1960-1970. Alexandria, Virginia : Time-Life Books, c9170, 1987printing.
973.92 KAL	Kallen, Stuart. A cultural history of the United States through the decades : the 1980s.  San Diego, California : Lucent Books, c1999.
917.3 DUD	Duden, Jane.  Timelines : 1970s.  New York : Crestwood House, c1989.
973.92 KAT	Katz, William Loren. The Great Society to the Reagan Era : 1964-1990. Austin, Texas : Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, c1993.
973.921 KAL	Kallen, Stuart A. A Cultural history of the United States through the decades : the 1950s. San Diego, California : Lucent Books, c1999.
973.922 ARC	Archer, Jules. The Incredible Sixties : the stormy years that changed America. New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Publishers, c1986.
973.22 BUR	Burns, Stewart. Social movements of the Sixties : searching for democracy. Boston, Twayne Publishers, c1990.
973.922 CAW	Cawthorne, Nigel. Sixties source book. Secaucus, New Jersey : Chartwell Books, c1989.
973.922 GOW	Gow, Catherine Hester. The Cuban missile crisis. San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1997.
973.924 FRE	Fremon, David K. The Watergate scandal in American history. Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1998.
973.924 STE	Stewart, Gail B. A Cultural history of the United States through the decades : the 1970s. San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1999.

 

Links:

http://www.historycentral.com   In the column on the left side, click on “20^th Century Almanac” then choose a year.

 http://www.infoplease.com/  In the main area of the page, find “Year by Year Chronology 1900 – 2006 and enter a year in the provided box.

The following links are produced by the Kingwood College Library (Kingwood, Texas):  The home page  for the "decades web pages" can be found at:

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

If you are looking for a particular decade, please see the following links: