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Introduction Part I. Eras The Puritan Era and the Puritan Mind, byEdward Ingebretson The 1890s, by Joseph Millichap The 1920s, by John TibbettsThe 1930s, by Carlton Jackson The 1960s, by Chris Lovett The 1970s, by ZiaHasan The 1980s, by William J. Palmer Part II. Wars and Other Major EventsThe American Revolution, by Cotten Seiler The Civil War and Reconstruction,by Alicia BrowneLawrence Kreiser The Cold War, by Phil Landon The Korean War,by Phil Landon The Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War, byJames Yates The Vietnam War, by Peter C. Rollins Westward Expansion and theIndian Wars, by James Sandos World War I, by Peter C. Rollins World War II:Documentaries, by Peter C. Rollins World War II: Feature Films, by RobertFyne Part III. Notable People The Antebellum Frontier Hero, by Mike BirdwellChristopher Columbus, by Anthony Chase The Founding Fathers, by Cotten SeilerIndian Leaders, by Robert Baird The Kennedys, by Harris J. Elder AbrahamLincoln, by Martin Jackson Richard Nixon, by Don Whaley Franklin and EleanorRoosevelt, by Michael Shull Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, by Douglass NoverrHarry S. Truman, by Martin Jackson George Washington, by John D. Thomas PartIV. Groups African Americans After World War II, by Michael Shull ArabAmericans, by Jack G. Shaheen Asian Americans, by Terry Hong CatholicAmericans, by Peter Holloran Children and Teenagers in the Twentieth Century,by Ron Green Irish Americans, by Peter Holloran Italian Americans, by StaceyDonahue Jewish Americans, by Solomon Davidoff Mexican Americans, by ScottBaugh Native Americans, by Jacqueline Kilpatrick Radicals and Radicalism, byMichael ShullDavid Wilt Robber Barons, Media Moguls, and Power Elites, byMichael ShullDavid Wilt Women from the Colonial Era to 1900, by SarahPearsall Women in the Twentieth Century, by June Sochen Part V. Institutionsand Movements Baseball, by Gregory McNamee City and State Government, byThomas HalperDouglas MuzzioJessica Muzzio Civil Rights, by Ray ArsenaultCongress, by Anthony Chase The Family, by Steve Mintz Football, by DaleHerbeck Journalism and the Media, by Robert Baird The Labor Movement and theWorking Class, by Michael ShullDavid Wilt Militias and Extremist PoliticalMovements, by Michael J. Riley The Political Machine, by James Hanlan ThePresidency After World War II, by Peter C. Rollins Private Schools, by RonBriley Public High Schools, by Ron Briley Part VI. Places The Midwest, byJohn Tibbetts The "New" West and the New Western, by James Hanlan New YorkCity, by Joe Dorinson George Lankevich The Sea, by Mary Malloy The SmallTown, by John Tibbetts The South, by Owen Gilman Space, by MichaelDenisonSusan Opt Suburbia, by David Wilt Texas and the Southwest, by MarkBusby The Trans-Appalachian West, by Mike Birdwell Part VII. Themes andTopics Crime and the Mafia, by Ron Wilson Drugs, Tobacco, and Alcohol, byJennifer Tebbe-Grossman Elections and Party Politics, by Anthony ChaseFeminism and Feminist Films, by June Sochen Railroads, by Joseph MillichapSexuality, by Bill Brigman Slavery, by Robert B. Toplin Part VIII. Myths andHeroes The American Adam, by Charles Maland The American Fighting Man, byRobert Doyle Democracy and Equality, by Thomas Doherty The Frontier and theWest, by R. Phillip Loy Hollywood's Detective, by David Wilt The Machine inthe Garden, by John Tibbetts Success and the Self-Made Man, by Hannu Salmi