Covers political, economic, social, industrial, and cultural history, but omits biography. Volume VIII is a separate index volume that includes all subjects covered in the Dictionary. Gordon, Alan and Lois G. Gordon. An extensive compilation of information about American life from 1920-1980. Arrangement is by decade and within decade, by year.
Coverage includes music, art, theatre, film, fashion sports, and science.
Presents major facts and interesting trivia in the development of 20th century American culture. Kutler, Stanley I., ed. Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. Eighty distinguished historians have contributed to this volume, narrating and analyzing the major topics and themes of the 20th century.