The 1970s

Schmidt, Mark Ray, 1953- (Added Author).

Summary: Fulfills the standards: "Culture," "Individuals, Groups, and Institutions," "Power, Authority, and Governance," and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for High School.Fulfills the standards: "Chronological Thinking," "Historical Comprehension," "Historical Analysis and Interpretation," and "Historical Research Capabilities" from the National History Education Standards for American History, Grades 5-12.

Item details

ISBN: 0737703083 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780737703085 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0737703075 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780737703078 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
320 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Publisher: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c2000.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-313) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nixon's plan to end the Vietnam War / by Richard Nixon -- The war of October 1973 and the oil embargo / by Burton I. Kaufman -- Camp David Accords and Middle East tensions / by Sandra Mackey -- Revolution and hostages in Iran / by George Lenczowski -- Busing and Nixon's southern strategy / by James T. Patterson -- The creation of magnet schools and integration / by Christine H. Rossell -- The struggle for black equality / by Harvard Sitkoff -- The Watergate crisis / by Harold Evans -- No coups ... no tanks ... no mobs : America without Nixon / by Bill Moyers -- 1976 : Bicentennial reflections / by Barbara Tuchman -- When ideals and reality clash : the presidency of Jimmy Carter / by Theodore H. White -- Structures to protect the environment / by Philip Shabecoff -- Trouble at Love Canal / by Samuel S. Epstein, Lester O. Brown, and Carl Pope -- Accident at Three Mile Island / by Peter Stoler -- The romance with the automobile ends / by Robert L. Shook -- Pop music in the '70s / by David P. Szatmary -- A sample of '70s television / by Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik -- Television families and reality / by Ella Taylor -- The changing image of the cowboy / by Richard Slotkin -- Star wars, Raiders, and Close encounters / by Peter Biskind -- Blue jeans as self-expression / by Beverly Gordon -- The search for self-fulfillment / by Daniel Yankelovich -- The movement to liberate women / by Judith M. Bardwick -- The faces of feminism / by Sheila Tobias -- Mothering, careers, and self-fulfillment / by Joyce Maynard -- Attitudes toward women in the workplace / by Nancy E. McGlen and Karen O'Connor -- Abortion rights for women : Roe v. Wade / by Dan Drucker -- Did the Women's Movement lose direction? / by Christina Hoff Sommers -- Reflections on the 1970s : a personal view / by Lawrence Wright -- Lessons from Vietnam / by Walter H. Capps.