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HIS 3353: Contemporary United States History: Research Starter

This course explores the major social, economic and ideological issues in the United States since 1968.

Research Starter

Use the resources to the right on this page to start your research, or to help you in picking a topic.

Presidents


Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, 2009-2017

 

Encyclopedias

American Decades Series

This series contains the decades of the twentieth century.  There is one decade per volume.  Included in each volume is sections on world and important events of the decade. Then there are chapters on the arts, business&  the economy,  covers education, fashion, government & politics, law & justice, lifestyles & social trends, media, medicine and health, religion. science & technology, and sports. Each chapter contains the following sections for the subject the chapter is about:  topics in the news, headline makers, people in the news, awards, deaths, and publications..

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