American chronicle : year by year through the twentieth century / Lois Gordon and Alan Gordon ; with an introduction by Roger Rosenblatt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1952.Description: xviii, 998 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0300075871 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780300075878 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 169.1 .G664 1952
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Contents:
The first decade -- The tens -- The twenties -- The thirties -- The forties -- The fifties -- The sixties -- The seventies -- The eighties -- The nineties.
Review: "This book is the ultimate American almanac, a unique record of life in the United States since 1900. For the first time, all the news, entertainment, art, literature, science and technology, sports, and fashion highlights are recorded in a single book, and this documentation is enriched by anecdotes, facts and figures, ads and fads, headlines, and memorable quotations - as well as by more than a thousand photographs.And in addition to the listings, a lively and perceptive essay by Lois and Alan Gordon introduces each decade, capturing the flavor of each period."--Jacket.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection E 169.1 .G664 1952 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98644017

Rev. ed. of: The Columbia chronicles of American life, 1910-1992. c1995.

Includes indexes.

"This book is the ultimate American almanac, a unique record of life in the United States since 1900. For the first time, all the news, entertainment, art, literature, science and technology, sports, and fashion highlights are recorded in a single book, and this documentation is enriched by anecdotes, facts and figures, ads and fads, headlines, and memorable quotations - as well as by more than a thousand photographs.

And in addition to the listings, a lively and perceptive essay by Lois and Alan Gordon introduces each decade, capturing the flavor of each period."--Jacket.

The first decade -- The tens -- The twenties -- The thirties -- The forties -- The fifties -- The sixties -- The seventies -- The eighties -- The nineties.

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