American Decades Primary Sources

Spanning the 20th century, American Decades Primary Sources provides fresh insight into each decade’s most important events, people, and issues. Each volume includes approximately 200 full or excerpted primary sources in 160-170 entries, representing a diversity of views about the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from the decade. Also included are concise contextual information, notes about the author, further resources, and more than 250 photos and illustrations.

Patterned after the popular American Decades series, each American Decades Primary Sources volume includes chapters on the arts, medicine and health, media, education, world events, religion, government and politics, lifestyles and social trends, law and justice, religion, business and the economy, and sports. Included to provide unique perspectives are oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons and more.