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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.

This book traces the events, trends, politics, and important people of the 1960s, including lifestyles, fashion, arts and entertainment, sports, environmental issues, and technology.

Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980s, including science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1920s, including science, technology, politics, fashion, sports, and the arts.

This book traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1990s, a time that included the Internet and its success in easing communication, movies created by computer, challenging activities called extreme sports, the Persian Gulf War, and more.

War and Revolution-courage and carnage in the struggles to preserve an old order and create a new world. Votes for Women and Homes for heroes. Silent films and raucous jazz as life steps into the surreal.

Old dreams turned to dust, and new dreams turned into nightmares. The nations of Europe marched to war. Strikes and lockouts, 'talkies' and skyscrapers, dictators and New Deals-in a unique collection by the world's finest photographers.

A world in the icy grip of Cold War. The shadow of the Bomb. The Little Rock and Notting Hill, the Hungarian Uprising, Suez and Cypress. The conquest of space--all the triumph and tragedy of a tense and violent age.

Published in 1999 and part of a brillinat series of 20th century decades,this book compiles the most significant images and facts of the 70s, captured by the photographic camera, produced by the Hulton Getty Picture Collection Limited.

New heroes and new villains emerge as the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union come tumbling down. The Free Market marches on. Truth and reconciliation in South Africa. Junk food and junk bonds. The end of the Millennium.