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CNN - Cold War Experience
CNN Interactive's Cold War Experience web site, the online complement to its 1998 TV documentary on the subject, examines nearly every aspect of this five-decade-long era in brilliant detail, including culture trends. From the link below, launch the fashion timeline to learn about the "hot looks of the Cold War," and the television timeline to travel back to the early days of this powerful medium:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/culture/
FactMonster.com - Modern Fashion
This great Factmonster timeline of modern women's fashion spotlights some of the prominent designers who have influenced the way we look and launched the style trends (some of which still haunt us) to which we've fallen prey throughout the decades (1850s-1990s):
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/fashiontime1.html
Morris County Library - History of Food
The Morris County Library (NJ/USA) has created this entertaining and informative "Food Timeline" in response to frequent requests by parents and teachers for help researching food history and period recipes. All the ingredients are included here for a fun exploration of one of humanity's favorite subjects—everything edible:
http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html
Radcliffe Quarterly - Consumption History
Radcliffe Quarterly's Fall 2001 issue titled "Buying into the Future" featured this great timeline on the history of consumption in the U.S. Find out when your favorite toy, junk food, gadget or appliance, and other creature comforts were introduced in the U.S. consumer market. Note: timeline runs along the bottom of the article, starting on page 3.
http://www.economicadventure.org/timeline/radq42001.pdf
Science / Technology / Invention
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