A look at American civilization by decade covers history, politics, law, economics, culture, sports, social trends, and important people.

Intended as a reference source for American social history, this volume discusses the people, events and ideas of the 1940s. After an introductory overview and chronology, subject chapters follow with subject-specific timelines and alphabetically arranged entries.

U. X. L American Decades provides a broad overview of the major events and people that helped to shape American society throughout the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century. Each volume in this 11-volume set chronicles a single decade and begins with an introduction and a timeline pertaining to that decade. Following are eight chapters devoted to these categories of American endeavor: Arts and Entertainment Business and the Economy Education Government, Politics, and Law Lifestyles and Social Trends Medicine and Health Science and Technology Sports These chapters are then divided into five sections: Chronology, Overview, Headline Makers, Topics in the News, and For More Information. Each volume of U.X.L American Decades contains more than eighty black-and-white photographs and illustrations that bring the events and people discussed to life and sidebar boxes that expand on items of high interest to readers. Concluding each volume is a general bibliography of books and Web sites that explore the particular decade in general and a thorough subject index that allows readers to easily locate the events, people, and places discussed throughout that volume of U.X.L American Decades. Book jacket.

This reference documents and analyzes periods of contemporary American social history such as the roaring twenties, the depression years, World War II, and the 60s. There are 10 volumes altogether and each includes: a chronology of the decade; subject chapters with background essays; subject-specific chronologies and alphabetically arranged items depicting the people, ideas, and facts important during that period.