How did the 20th century change the ways Americans live? This program examines the early 1900s – when William McKinle...

The psychological damage inflicted by the stupefying bombardments of World War I was called shell shock, a term that ...

In the aftermath of World War I, many modern-minded Americans, particularly women, were eager to do away with outdate...

America – a nation that claimed ever-increasing wealth as a birthright – was rudely awakened by the Great Depression,...

Safely watching Europe from across the Atlantic Ocean, many Americans observed the messianic popularity of Hitler and...

World War II was the first war in history that killed more civilians than soldiers, as leaders on both sides accepted...

The shock of Pearl Harbor awoke America from its dream of isolationism. As troops went overseas and industry ramped u...

Demobilization after World War II meant difficult changes as the U.S., geared up for war, resumed a peacetime existen...

The post-war baby boom, suburban living, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis epitomizes the contentment of the Eisenhower years...

Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a politi...

Riots and protests intensified in the U.S. as the war in Vietnam dragged on, with anti-war and civil rights activists...

The trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal left Americans exhausted, embittered, and disillusioned wi...

The women’s and civil rights movements, begun decades earlier and as controversial as ever, continue to evolve during...

The Reagan era witnessed the unexpected end of the Cold War and a welcome return to a booming domestic economy – but ...

Fifty years into the future, how will computer and communications technology reshape the way Americans work and play?...