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.
- ISBN10 0787640301
- ISBN13 9780787640309
- Publish Date 15 November 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Cengage Gale
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 688
- Language English