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Offers more than 3,300 entries covering musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Thelonious Monk, and Wynton Marsalis.

"Designed as brief core texts for courses in 20th century United States history, books in this series describe and analyze modern American making use of up-to-date scholarship and interpretation. Each book is highly interpretive, and different kinds of history are given strong coverage, including political, economic, and diplomatic, as well as social and cultural topics. Attractive halftone illustration and maps add visual appeal."--Publisher.

This summary, together with the one on farm crops, by the use of maps and supplementary charts, portrays the quantitative and geographic significance of production of the Nation's food supply.