Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction |
The Dawn of a New Century / Chapter 1: |
Societal Context: Unrest at the Turn of the Century |
Architecture & Engineering |
Air-conditioning Improves Our Lives |
Steel and Construction of the Skyscraper |
Arts & Entertainment |
Caruso's Gramophone Recording |
Communication |
First Radio Transmission Across the Atlantic |
Defense & Diplomacy |
Second International Peace Conference of 1907 (Second Hague Conference) |
Environment |
Oil Exploration |
Food & Agriculture |
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle |
Medicine & Health |
The Royal Disease |
Transportation |
Wright Brothers' Flight |
Model T Ford |
Human Knowledge |
Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis |
North Pole Exploration |
The Teens / Chapter 2: |
Societal Context: Equality, Justice, and War |
Panama Canal Opens |
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
Edison's Talking Movies |
Hello, San Francisco? It's New York Calling |
A New Poison |
National Park Service Founded |
The Prohibition Movement |
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 |
The Titanic Sinks |
The Quantum Atomic Model Is Born |
Wegener Proposes the Theory of Continental Drift |
The Twenties / Chapter 3: |
Societal Context: The Roarding Twenties |
Holland Tunnel Constructed |
Golden Age of Amusement Parks |
The Birth of Television |
The Battle of Blair Mountain |
Mechanical Food Preservation |
The Power of Penicillin |
Traffic Lights Patented |
Antifreeze Keeps Motorists Moving |
The Tomb of King Tutankhamen |
Mead Pens Coming of Age in Samoa |
Big Bang Theory |
The Thirties / Chapter 4: |
Societal Context: The Great Depression and Government Control |
The Tennessee Valley Authority Formed |
Hoover Dam Constructed |
The "Golden Era" of Radio |
Electric Guitars Appear on the Musical Scene |
Signals from Space |
Jet Engine Developed |
Radar Technology Put in Place |
Concerns over Air Pollution |
The Dust Bowl |
Electron Microscope Invented |
The Eugenics Program |
The Hindenburg Crashes |
Dobzhansky's Theories of Biology |
Exploring the Subatomic |
The Forties / Chapter 5: |
Societal Context: Devastation of Global War |
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster |
Fire at the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub |
Transistors Change the World of Communications |
The Manhattan Project |
Rubber Shortages |
The Green Revolution |
The Kinsey Report |
Dr. Spock's Baby Book |
Scuba Gear Opens the Oceans to Amateurs |
DNA as Life's Blueprint |
The Fifties / Chapter 6: |
Societal Context: The Family and Progress |
St. Lawrence Seaway Constructed |
Rock-and-Roll Music Moves America's Teenagers |
Sputnik Changes the Game |
Nuclear-powered Submarine Cruises the Depths |
Bikini Atoll Falls Prey to Nuclear Testing |
The Birth of Fast Food |
Polio Vaccine Brings Relief |
Highways to Cross the Country |
Double Helix Unraveled |
The Sixties / Chapter 7: |
Societal Context: Pushing the Boundaries of Society |
Versatile Laser Technology |
"Beam Me Up, Scotty" |
Integrated Circuits |
Helicopters in Vietnam |
Alaskan Oil Discovered and Tapped |
Pesticide Use and Silent Spring |
Birth Control Pill Approved for Use |
Moon Landing |
A Mechanism for Continental Drift |
The Seventies / Chapter 8: |
Societal Context: Crisis Management |
An Idea for Sustainable Development in California |
Star Wars and Cinematic Special Effects |
Microprocessors Invented |
Agent Orange Banned in Vietnam |
Recycling Movement Gains Momentum |
The Controversy over Saccharin |
"Test Tube Baby" Is Born |
Lessening the Environmental Impact of Automobiles |
"Lucy" Fossil Found in Ethiopia |
The Eighties / Chapter 9: |
Societal Context: The "Me" Decade |
Restoration of the Statue of Liberty |
Video Games |
Fax Machines |
Star Wars Missile Defense System |
Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Accident |
The African Famine |
The AIDS Crisis |
Space Transportation System: The Space Shuttle |
Cold Fusion and the Nature of Science |
The Nineties / Chapter 10: |
Societal Context: Learning and Living Democracy |
International Space Station |
O. J. Simpson Trial |
The Internet Connects the Globe |
Stealth Fighters in Desert Storm |
Earth Summit Held in Rio de Janeiro |
Dolly the Sheep Is Introduced to the World |
Cigarette Smoking Dangers Admitted |
Air Bags Required in Automobiles |
Human Genome Project |
Index |