American History Since 1877

Resources selected to supplement American History Since 1877 (HSTY 202) taught at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Affluent Society and the Liberal Consensus, 1945-1965

Books in Our Library

• Baseball between the Lines: Baseball in the Forties and Fifties as Told by the Men who Played It [GV865.A1 B33 1993]
• Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique: the American Left, the Cold War, and Modern Feminism [HQ1413.F75 H67 1998]
• Coming of Age in Mississippi [E185.97.M65 A3] - Autobiography of Anne Moody, from rural Mississippi, who took part in a sit-in during the 1960's at a Woolworth's in Jackson.
• The Feminine Mystique [HQ1420 .F7] - Primary source
• More than Just a Game: Sports in American Life since 1945 [GV706.5 .J39 2004]
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 [E185.61 .B7914 v.1]
• The Party's Over Now; Reminiscences of the Fifties--New York's Artists, Writers, Musicians, and their Friends [NX511.N4 G7 1972]
• Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65 [E185.61 .B7915 1998]
• Race, Rock, and Elvis [ML3918.R63 B47 2000]

Don't hesitate to ask a reference librarian for help in locating other books owned by us or for help in using the SUNY Union Catalog WorldCat, the wordwide database of library books and materials that you can use to borrow books owned by other libraries by using interlibrary loan.

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on Affluent Society and the Liberal Consensus, 1945-1965 in the TC3 Library Catalog, the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat.

• African Americans, Civil rights
• Civil Rights Movements, United States, History, 20th century
• Feminism, United States
• King, Martin Luther, Jr.
• United States, History, 1953-1961
• United States, History, 1960-1969
• United States, Social conditions, 1960-1980
• United States,Politics and government, 1945-1989

Other Media

You can request audio-visual materials from Media Services.

• Hollywood on Trial [videorecording] [Media PN1993.5.U65 H65 1989]
  "A courageous and true recording of the story of 'The Hollywood Ten', who, in 1947, would not cooperate when accused by the United States government of possible communist loyalties."
• Crisis in Pictures: America, Love it or Leave it [Media HN57 .C7]
  Summary: "Photographs of America during the 1960s, the changing values and social uncertainties, including Vietnam potests, hippies, and political and civil upheaval."

History Journals in Electronic Format

History-related electronic journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our electronic databases and in our list of full-text electronic journals, also listed by subject (History & Archaeology).

Web Resources

• Brown v. Board of Education: the Case
  This webpage provides a summary of the case and links to primary source documents, including the United States Supreme Court's Decision and Implementation Order. - Primary source.
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
  - Primary source.
• Foreign Relations of the United States
  "Foreign Relations volumes contain documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy."
• John F. Kennedy Library and Museum: Historical Resources
  Primary sources include campaign speeches, televised 1960s debates, letters and telegrams for civil rights leaders, interviews, etc.
• History and Politics Out Loud
  "A searchable archive of politically significant audio materials..." - Primary sources.
• Levittown, Pa: Building the Suburban Dream
  This exhibit from State Museum of Pennsylvania "explores the early history of Levittown from the perspective of those who built and lived the suburban dream." It includes photographs and news items.
• Literature and Culture of the American 1950's
  An alphabetical list of readings in the American 1950s. - Primary sources.
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
  The "Research" section lists online holdings that include speeches and messages, LBJ's diary, photographs, oral histories, National Security Administration Memoranda, and other primary sources. There is also a "60s Video Montage."
• Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project
  "The King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated." Web site presents primary source documents, including speeches, sermons, and autobiography.