Books about the decades of the 20th century

1.
The Fifties
The Fifties 4.28 avg rating — 6,833 ratings
2.
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s 4.11 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s 4.34 avg rating — 1,504 ratings
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The 1910s
The 1910s 3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Political Protest and Cultural Revolution: Nonviolent Direct Action in the 1970s and 1980s
Political Protest and Cultural Revolution: Nonviolent Direct Action in the 1970s and 1980s 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s 3.98 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
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Hit Me With Your Pet Shark: Misheard Lyrics of the 1980s
Hit Me With Your Pet Shark: Misheard Lyrics of the 1980s 2.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
6.
The Nineties: A Book
The Nineties: A Book 3.87 avg rating — 29,120 ratings
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Jazz: The 1980s Resurgence
Jazz: The 1980s Resurgence 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Seventies: The Sights, Sounds and Ideas of a Brilliant Decade
Seventies: The Sights, Sounds and Ideas of a Brilliant Decade 3.77 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s
The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s
by: Gil Troy
3.48 avg rating — 87 ratings
12.
The 90's: A Look Back
The 90's: A Look Back 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s
Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s 3.56 avg rating — 727 ratings
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Music to My Ears: The Billboard Essays : Profiles of Popular Music in the '90s
Music to My Ears: The Billboard Essays : Profiles of Popular Music in the '90s 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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How We Got Here: The 70's: The Decade That Brought You Modern Life
How We Got Here: The 70's: The Decade That Brought You Modern Life 3.57 avg rating — 247 ratings
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Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s
Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s 3.96 avg rating — 393 ratings
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The Big Book of the 70's (Factoid Books)
The Big Book of the 70's (Factoid Books) 3.90 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Ku Klux Kulture: America and the Klan in the 1920s
Ku Klux Kulture: America and the Klan in the 1920s 3.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Drawn to the '80s
Drawn to the '80s 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition
The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition 3.82 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
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The Clothes Have No Emperor: A Chronicle of the American '80s
The Clothes Have No Emperor: A Chronicle of the American '80s 4.15 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Second Coming of the Invisible Empire
Second Coming of the Invisible Empire 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s
Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s 3.46 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s
Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings
25.
Modern Times: The World from the 20s to the 90s
Modern Times: The World from the 20s to the 90s 4.28 avg rating — 2,919 ratings
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The Florida Land Boom of the 1920s
The Florida Land Boom of the 1920s 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Noughties 2000-2009: A Decade that Changed the World
The Noughties 2000-2009: A Decade that Changed the World 3.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s
Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s 3.96 avg rating — 445 ratings
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Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade
Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade 3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression 3.77 avg rating — 341 ratings
32.
Black Atlanta in the Roaring Twenties
Black Atlanta in the Roaring Twenties really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties 3.81 avg rating — 1,442 ratings
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Cartoons of the Roaring Twenties Volume One 1921-1923
Cartoons of the Roaring Twenties Volume One 1921-1923 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Part of Our Time: Some Ruins & Monuments of the Thirties
Part of Our Time: Some Ruins & Monuments of the Thirties 3.99 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s
Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s 3.72 avg rating — 61 ratings
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This Georgia Rising: Education, Civil Rights, and the Politics of Change in Georgia in the 1940s
This Georgia Rising: Education, Civil Rights, and the Politics of Change in Georgia in the 1940s it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s
Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Marriage Bureau: True Stories From 1940s London Matchmakers
The Marriage Bureau: True Stories From 1940s London Matchmakers 3.65 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
40.
The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief
The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief 3.89 avg rating — 314 ratings
41.
Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s
Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
42.
The 50s: The Story of a Decade
The 50s: The Story of a Decade 4.13 avg rating — 184 ratings
43.
Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics Of The 1950s
Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics Of The 1950s 4.16 avg rating — 321 ratings
44.
Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe: Selections from the 1950s Radio Series
Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe: Selections from the 1950s Radio Series 4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s
Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s 3.67 avg rating — 78 ratings
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America On Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
America On Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s 4.22 avg rating — 975 ratings
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Mark Twain in Hawaii: Roughing It in the Sandwich Islands: Hawaii in the 1860s
Mark Twain in Hawaii: Roughing It in the Sandwich Islands: Hawaii in the 1860s 3.62 avg rating — 462 ratings
48.
Cereal Boxes & Prizes, 1960s: A Tribute & Price Guide
Cereal Boxes & Prizes, 1960s: A Tribute & Price Guide 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost
A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost 4.43 avg rating — 115 ratings
50.
American Troubadors: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of the 60s
American Troubadors: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of the 60s 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
51.
Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s
Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings
52.
The 60s Music Compendium
The 60s Music Compendium really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
53.
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s 3.85 avg rating — 136 ratings
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The 60s: The Story of a Decade
The 60s: The Story of a Decade 4.03 avg rating — 222 ratings
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One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime
One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime 3.86 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Everybody Had an Ocean: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles
Everybody Had an Ocean: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles 3.97 avg rating — 285 ratings
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The Port Huron Statement: The Visionary Call of the 1960s Revolution
The Port Huron Statement: The Visionary Call of the 1960s Revolution 3.78 avg rating — 119 ratings
58.
The Monkees, Head, and the 60s
The Monkees, Head, and the 60s 3.92 avg rating — 91 ratings
59.
John Cohen: Here and Gone, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie & the 1960s
John Cohen: Here and Gone, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie & the 1960s 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
by: Joe Boyd
4.01 avg rating — 2,798 ratings
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There's a Riot Going on: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counter-Culture
There's a Riot Going on: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counter-Culture 3.69 avg rating — 201 ratings
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And the Crooked Places Made Straight: The Struggle for Social Change in the 1960s
And the Crooked Places Made Straight: The Struggle for Social Change in the 1960s 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s
In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s 4.24 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents
Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents 3.89 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s
Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s
by: Tom Doyle
3.90 avg rating — 454 ratings
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Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s
Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s 3.86 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s
Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s 3.67 avg rating — 327 ratings
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We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America 4.13 avg rating — 292 ratings
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The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s
The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s 3.64 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
by: Ed Piskor
4.16 avg rating — 2,125 ratings
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Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class 4.11 avg rating — 958 ratings
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s
by: Tom Doyle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
73.
Minnesota in the '70s
Minnesota in the '70s really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane! American Films of the 1970s
The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane! American Films of the 1970s
by: Ron Hogan
3.70 avg rating — 91 ratings
75.
Rock Albums of the '70s: A Critical Guide
Rock Albums of the '70s: A Critical Guide 4.37 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America 3.84 avg rating — 681 ratings
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Persistence of Sentiment: Display and Feeling in Popular Music of the 1970s
Persistence of Sentiment: Display and Feeling in Popular Music of the 1970s 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Pick Up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music
Pick Up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music 3.67 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century
Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century 3.98 avg rating — 744 ratings
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Back to the Fifties: Nostalgia, Hollywood Film, and Popular Music of the Seventies and Eighties
Back to the Fifties: Nostalgia, Hollywood Film, and Popular Music of the Seventies and Eighties liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
81.
Rolling Stone the Seventies
Rolling Stone the Seventies 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings
82.
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies 3.78 avg rating — 2,435 ratings
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They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties
They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties 3.73 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Anthropology For The Nineties
Anthropology For The Nineties 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido
The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido 3.42 avg rating — 166 ratings