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A montage of events sets the stage for a discussion of the last quarter of the 20th Century -- and of the difficulty of examining contemporary history with true historical perspective. A footnote looks at television's impact on our experience of recent history.
Key Events

The late 20th century.

Maps

The United States in the 1990s.

Transcript

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Webography

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Interactive Map: The New West. According to popular thinking, the old Rocky Mountain West had been a wild, untamed place. But with late 20th century technology, population growth, and economics, it seemed that a smaller, more accessible "New West" had

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