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Salem Press' Decades series is an award-winning survey of North America in the twentieth century, with sharp focus on each decade. It examines the iconic personalities and moments that marked each ten-year period and defined each decade. The sets cover events, movements, people, and trends in popular culture, literature, art, sports, science, technology, economics, and politics in both the United States and Canada.
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THE TWENTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,100 pages
List Price: $395
Examines the iconic personalities and moments of this uproarious decade. The encyclopedia serves as a valuable source of reliable information and keen insights for today's students.
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THE THIRTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,050 pages
List Price: $395
Comprehensive coverage of the years 1930-1939 in the United States and Canada, paying special attention to the impact of the Great Depression on North America in particular and the world in general.
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THE FORTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,296 pages
List Price: $395
Comprehensive coverage of the impact of the years 1940-1949 on the United States and Canada. With free, unlimited online access to all the "Decades" titles in your collection.
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THE FIFTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,152 pages
List Price: $364
The 1950's are often portrayed as an uneventful era in North American history--a period of political and cultural conservatism. The decade was in fact a period of political turbulence, mounting world conflict, and cultural change. The 1950's experienced the Cold War, McCarthyism and a trend toward the suppression of civil liberties.
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THE SIXTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,018 pages
List Price: $364
The set provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of the three major events of the 1960's that give the decade its distinctive character — the Civil Rights movement, the social revolution, and the Vietnam War. It also surveys important developments in the arts, science and technology, business and the economy, government and politics, and gender issues.
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THE SEVENTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,152 pages
List Price: $364
This encyclopedia appears at a time when many people are reevaluating the 1970's, realizing that it was not a superficial, throwaway era but actually a time of dynamic political, social, and cultural change. The Seventies in America is also a much-needed source of reliable information for today's students, all of whom were born after the decade ended.
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THE EIGHTIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,250 pages
List Price: $364
Reagan, AIDS, the Challenger disaster, MTV, Yuppies, "Who Shot J.R.?" . . . The Eighties in America examines the iconic personalities and moments of this pivotal decade. The Eighties in America serves as a valuable information source and offers keen insights for today's students.
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THE NINETIES IN AMERICA
Three volumes; 1,300 pages
List Price: $364
The Gulf War, dot-coms, impeachment, grunge, Y2K. . . The Nineties in America examines the iconic personalities and moments of this important decade. With more than 600 articles about films, books, political leaders, events, fads and technology, this three-volume encyclopedia serves as a valuable source of information and keen insights for today's students.
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