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- Berkeley Campaign Art - Images of political posters reflecting Berkeley's progressive-left community and culture from the 1970s onward.
berkeleycampaignart.homestead.com
- California State University - Special Collections Library - Research about world's fairs from 1851-1940. includes photographs, videos and biographies.
www.lib.csufresno.edu/SubjectResources/SpecialCollections/WorldFairs
- Chronology of 1901 - Describes events and people of that year. Categories include art, discoveries, labor, music, politics, and war.
www.jagdishpurohit.com
- Decadal.com - World History by Decades: collection of links.
decadal.com
- Decades in 20th Century America - A collection of print and online sources for each decade, maintained by the Alameda County (CA) Library.
www.aclibrary.org/teenroom/decades.asp
- History: 1900s - Important events and people of the twentieth century from About.com
history1900s.about.com/education/history1900s
- Infoplease.com - Millennium Central - Highlights the most important events of the century, time line, cultural events, and natural disasters. Includes history quiz for various decades.
www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html
- Internet History Group - Project aiming to exchange international historical information.
mitglied.lycos.de/nethistgroup
- JN Ding Darling Foundation - Read chronicled politics, thoughts, and trends of the 20th century. Winner of two Pulitzer prizes for the drawing of editorial cartoons.
www.dingdarlingfoundation.org
- Streamliners: America's Lost Trains - A chronicle of the impact of the streamliner passenger rail system on American culture during the mid-twentieth century.
www.pbs.org/amex/streamliners
- The Burma-Shave Phenomenon - If you don't know / Whose signs these are / You can't have driven / Very far.
www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/hpolscrv/mthomas.htm
- The Menzies Era - Australian popular culture from 1949 to 1972 including music, movies, books, and sport.
www.menziesera.com
- The Passing of a Century - Educational site featuring 100 years of events and innovations.
library.advanced.org/27629
- Twentieth Century - Killeen High School's World History course notes, with activities, links and lesson plan.
killeenroos.com/5/calendar.htm
- United Nations Organization Milestones - One-page timeline of events from the creation of the UN to today.
www.un.org/Overview/milesto4.htm
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