Uxl American Decades 1990-1999

by Gale Group

• ISBN13: 9780787664640
• ISBN10: 0787664642
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Uxl

Summary

A ten-volume overview of the twentieth century which explores what characterizes each decade as expressed through the arts, economy, education, government, politics, fashions, health, science, technology, and sports.

Table of Contents

Reader's Guide	xi
Chronology of the 1990s	xiii
The 1990s: An Overview	xxi
Arts and Entertainment	1	(26)
Chronology	2	(2)
Overview	4	(2)
Headline Makers	6	(2)
Kurt Cobain	6	(1)
Karen Finley	6	(1)
John Grisham	6	(1)
Jennifer Lopez	6	(1)
Laura Schlessinger	7	(1)
Tupac Shakur	7	(1)
Quentin Tarantino	7	(1)
Oprah Winfrey	7	(1)
Topics in the News	8	(18)
Arts and politics: Controversy and cutbacks	8	(1)
Films: Violence, politics, and history	9	(2)
Talk radio: From conservatives to shock jocks	11	(2)
Shockumentary: TV talk shows and reality TV	13	(5)
Literature: Reading groups and superstars	18	(3)
Grunge, gangsta rap, a Latino resurgence, and a diva for the decade	21	(5)
For More Information	26	(1)
Business and the Economy	27	(16)
Chronology	28	(2)
Overview	30	(2)
Headline Makers	32	(1)
Jeff Bezos	32	(1)
Ken Chenault	32	(1)
Bill Gates	32	(1)
Alan Greenspan	32	(1)
Topics in the News	33	(9)
The Internet and big business	33	(2)
The booming ``new economy''	35	(1)
Changing the face of business	36	(3)
Globalization: The economy in a borderless world	39	(3)
For More Information	42	(1)
Education	43	(18)
Chronology	44	(2)
Overview	46	(2)
Headline Makers	48	(1)
Walter H. Annenberg	48	(1)
Marian Wright Edelman	48	(1)
Bill Nye	48	(1)
Richard W. Riley	48	(1)
Topics in the News	49	(11)
Shootings and violence in schools	49	(2)
Alternative education and school choice	51	(5)
Teaching Darwin: The evolving controversy in public schools	56	(3)
Affirmative action takes a beating	59	(1)
For More Information	60	(1)
Government, Politics, and Law	61	(30)
Chronology	62	(2)
Overview	64	(2)
Headline Makers	66	(2)
Madeleine Albright	66	(1)
George H. W. Bush	66	(1)
Hillary Rodham Clinton	66	(1)
Johnnie Cochran	66	(1)
Newt Gingrich	67	(1)
H. Ross Perot	67	(1)
Colin Powell	67	(1)
Janet Reno	67	(1)
Topics in the News	68	(20)
Persian Gulf War	68	(2)
Peacekeeping missions: America as the world's policy force	70	(2)
Contract with America	72	(3)
Trials of a president: Scandals and impeachment	75	(5)
Terrorism: The growing hate movement	80	(3)
Race relations on trial: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson	83	(5)
For More Information	88	(3)
Lifestyles and Social Trends	91	(24)
Chronology	92	(2)
Overview	94	(2)
Headline Makers	96	(2)
Robert Bly	96	(1)
Deepak Chopra	96	(1)
Ellen DeGeneres	96	(1)
Louis Farrakhan	96	(1)
Charlton Heston	97	(1)
Tommy Hilfiger	97	(1)
Faith Popcorn	97	(1)
Marianne Williamson	97	(1)
Topics in the News	98	(15)
Coffee, cigars, and gambling: Fads for the '90s	98	(1)
The Million Man March and the men's movement	99	(3)
Homosexuality and the new extended family	102	(3)
Guns in America	105	(3)
The new spiritualism	108	(1)
Fashion follows music: The grunge and hip-hop look	109	(4)
For More Information	113	(2)
Medicine and Health	115	(22)
Chronology	116	(2)
Overview	118	(2)
Headline Makers	120	(1)
Robert C. Atkins	120	(1)
Joycelyn Elders	120	(1)
David Da-i Ho	120	(1)
Jack Kevorkian	120	(1)
Topics in the News	121	(13)
Unhealthy health care	121	(2)
AIDS: The continuing epidemic	123	(5)
Abortion: The continuing fight	128	(2)
Gene therapy and cloning: A possible future	130	(4)
For More Information	134	(3)
Science and Technology	137	(24)
Chronology	138	(2)
Overview	140	(2)
Headline Makers	142	(1)
Marc Andreessen	142	(1)
Tim Berners-Lee	142	(1)
Shannon Lucid	142	(1)
J. Craig Venter	142	(1)
Topics in the News	143	(17)
Human Genome Project	143	(2)
The Internet	145	(5)
The environment: From global warming to the Earth Summit	150	(4)
A wireless world	154	(2)
NASA: Probe failures, Hubble, and the ISS	156	(4)
For More Information	160	(1)
Sports	161	(1)
Chronology	162	(2)
Overview	164	(2)
Headline Makers	166	(1)
Lance Armstrong	166	(1)
Jeff Gordon	166	(1)
Mia Hamm	166	(1)
Michael Jordan	166	(1)
Greg Maddux	167	(1)
Pat Summitt	167	(1)
Venus Williams and Serena Williams	167	(1)
Tiger Woods	167	(1)
Topics in the News	168	(1)
Baseball: Strikes and record-breakers	168	(3)
Basketball: I Want to Be Like Mike	171	(2)
Football: In with the new	173	(3)
Hockey: U.S. expansion	176	(1)
Golf: The Bear and the Tiger	177	(2)
Tennis: Sampras's decade	179	(2)
The Olympics	181	(4)
For More Information	185
Where to Learn More	xxv
Index	xxvii