American chronicle: year by year through the twentieth century

"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 ane...

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Hauptverfasser: Gordon, Lois G. 1938- (VerfasserIn), Gordon, Alan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven [u.a.] Yale Univ. Press 1999
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Zusammenfassung:"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."--BOOK JACKET
Beschreibung:Frühere Ausg. u.d.T.: Gordon, Lois: The Columbia chronicles of American life
Beschreibung:XVIII, 998 S. zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:0300075871

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