Life : our century in pictures

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Title:

Life : our century in pictures

Author:

Stolley, Richard B.

Chiu, Tony.

Time-Life Books.

Summary:

Drawing from Life magazine and photo archives, this book chronicles our century.

General Note:

"The book spans the century in nine epochs. Each is introduced with an essay by a notable historical commentator"--Jacket.

Includes editor's note: Dust bowls and other dreams (p. vi-vii).

"Epochs and essays"--Jacket back.

"A Bulfinch Press Book"--t.p.

Includes index to pictures (p. 420-423).

Edition:

1st ed.

Contents:

1900-1913: Across the threshold.--1914-1919: The war to end all wars.--1920-1929: All that glitters.--1930-1939: Empty pockets.--1940-1945: World on fire.--1946-1963: Spreading the wealth.--1964-1975: Dissent and disobedience.--1976-1992: A global burst of freedom.--1993-1999: OurFuture.com.

Physical Description:

vii, 423 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject Term:

Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.

History, Modern -- 20th century.

Photography, Journalistic.

Author(s):

Stolley, Richard B.

Chiu, Tony.

Added Corporate Author:

Time-Life Books.

Publisher:

Little, Brown,

Publication Date:

1999

ISBN:

9780821226339

Publication Information:

Boston : Little, Brown, c1999.

Call Number:

909.82 LIFE

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Selected from the photographic archives of LIFE and other major collections, these spellbinding images bring alive the people and events that shaped the twentieth century. With incredible emotional impact, this book captures the triumphs and disasters, the social progress and setbacks, the heroes and villains that have brought us to the dawn of a new century.

H. W. BrandsDavid M. KennedyGene SmithRobert S. McElvainePaul FussellAnn DouglasTodd GitlinGarry WillsPaul Saffo

Editor's Note: Dust Bowls and Other Dreams	p. VI
1900-1913: Across the Threshold	p. 1
"Rough-Riding into American Hearts"	p. 2
Turning Point: Titanic and Beyond	p. 26
Requiem: Mark Twain, Geronimo, Leo Tolstoy, Susan B. Anthony ...	p. 34
1914-1919: The War to End All Wars	p. 39
"Victory Proved Easier Than Peace"	p. 40
Turning Point: The American Musical	p. 52
Requiem: Buffalo Bill, Rasputin, Booker T. Washington, the Passenger Pigeon ...	p. 74
1920-1929: All That Glitters	p. 79
"But Who Pays the Piper?"	p. 80
Turning Point: Closing the Gender Gap	p. 86
Requiem: Lizzie Borden, Enrico Caruso, Franz Kafka, Wyatt Earp ...	p. 106
1930-1939: Empty Pockets	p. 111
"One Depression, Two Remedies"	p. 112
Turning Point: The Fugitive Kind	p. 126
Requiem: Thomas Edison, Amelia Earhart, Sigmund Freud, George Gershwin ...	p. 156
1940-1945: World on Fire	p. 161
"The Last Casualty Is Innocence"	p. 162
Turning Point: Conquest of the Atom	p. 208
Requiem: Virginia Woolf, Glenn Miller, Lou Gehrig, F. Scott Fitzgerald ...	p. 216
1946-1963: Spreading the Wealth	p. 221
"An Age of Boom and Belief"	p. 222
Turning Point: Struggle for Respect	p. 248
Requiem: Margaret Mitchell, James Dean, Eva Peron, Frank Lloyd Wright ...	p. 282
1964-1975: Dissent and Disobedience	p. 289
"Choosing Sides in a Culture War"	p. 290
Turning Point: Exploring the Heavens	p. 314
Requiem: Cole Porter, Che Guevara, Oskar Schindler, Jack Benny ...	p. 330
1976-1992: A Global Burst of Freedom	p. 337
"A Historical Work in Progress"	p. 338
Turning Point: Shrinking the World	p. 352
Requiem: Bob Marley, Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin, Margaret Mead ...	p. 384
1993-1999: OurFuture.com	p. 391
"And Now the News: Man Bytes Dogma"	p. 392
Turning Point: Origin of the Species	p. 402
Requiem: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Benjamin Spock, Diana, Princess of Wales ...	p. 416
Index to Pictures	p. 420

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