The 1900s Decade in Photos


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Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1900-1909.




Life


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Surveys the evolution of daily life in America in the last century, collecting 650 images from the archives of LIFE magazine that visually record significant changes along such themes as parenting, machines, entertainment, fashion, homes, jobs, and shopping.




American Decades


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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.




The 1920s Decade in Photos


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Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1920-1929.




The 1960s Decade in Photos


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Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1960-1969.




The 1950s Decade in Photos


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Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1950-1959.




American Decades: 1900-1909


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Intended as a reference source for American social history, this volume discusses the people, events and ideas of the period 1900-1909. After an introductory overview and chronology, subject chapters follow with subject-specific timelines and alphabetically arranged entries.




The 1900s


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For the first time ever, human beings were in control of their environment. Airplanes, trains, and the first diesel engines let people go faster and farther than ever before. The birth of modern art and sound recording promised new cultural heights, while the invention of jazz music and the popularization of low-cost photography managed to bring societies closer together. This decade, from its arts and fashion to its politics and technological advancements, would help shape a culture and set the stage for the century ahead.




Pictorial Photography and the American West, 1900-1950


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This book is an investigation of the widely overlooked photographic style of pictorialism in the American West between 1900 and 1950 and argues that western pictorialist photographers were regionalists that had their roots in the formidable photographic heritage of the nineteenth-century American West.