American Decades 1900-1909 (American Decades)
Contributors: Vincent Tompkins (Editor); Richard Layman (Editor); Victor Bondi (Editor); James W. Hipp (Editor); Judith Baughman (Editor)
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Published: June 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780810357228
Subjects: American history; Reference works; Social history; c 1900 - c 1914; 20th century; United States; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Civilization; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); Reference; 1945-
Description: American Decades documents and analyzes periods of contemporary American social history. Each volume begins with an overview and chronology covering the entire decade. Subject chapters follow, each including an explanatory background overview; subject-specific timeline; and alphabetically arranged entries discussing the people, events and ideas important to that subject during the period. Included are biographies; explanations of concepts; terms and events; quotations; charts; sidebars covering high-interest topics; and much more.