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Chapter 36 - Cultural Politics

Images and Maps

Map: The United States in the 1990s

William Clinton Image Gallery

Map: U.S. Immigration, Origin of Immigrants, 1970-1990

Elections U.S.A: 1992
(With links to the 1996 elections)

The Living Room Candidate, 1992: Clinton vs. Bush vs. Perot
(With links to the 1996 and 2000 elections)

IBM History: Highlights

John W. Mauchly and the Development of the ENIAC Computer

Exit Poll: 2000 Election

Bush v. Gore: the Fracas over Florida

 

Primary Sources

William Jefferson Clinton: Speeches

William Jefferson Clinton, State of the Union, 1995

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton

Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: Clinton Administration

Testimony of Anita F. Hill, Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 10/11/1991

Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots

Patrick J. Buchanan, "Will the American Nation Survive?"

"Immigration: The Perpetual Controversy"
(From the Atlantic Monthly)

Transcript of Gore-Perot Debate over NAFTA, 1993

General Accounting Office Report on Gays in the Military

Domestic Partnerships and Same Sex Marriages

Speeches by Newt Gingrich

Brief History of the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina
(Includes images, maps, and secondary sources)

 

Secondary Sources

The Clinton Years
(From ABC News Nightline and PBS's Frontline; includes photos)

Stacy Poulos and Demetra Smith Nightingale, "The Aging Baby Boom: Implications for Employment and Training Programs"

William Booth, "One Nation, Indivisible: Is It History?"

Jack Miles, "A Bold Proposal on Immigration"

David M. Kennedy, "Can We Still Afford to Be a Nation of Immigrants?"

Benjamin Schwarz, "The Diversity Myth"

Roy Beck, "The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau"

"Gay Rights Referendum in Maine, 1995"
(Transcript from PBS Online Newshour)

Harvey Cox, "The Warring Visions of the Religious Right"

A Brief History of Computer Technology

Eric Berger, "Birthplace of the Web"

Michael L. Dertouzos, "The Future of Computing"

The World Wide Web History Project

"The New Economy: What It Really Means"
(From BusinessWeek)

"Readings on the 'New Economy'"

The New Economy Index: Understanding America's Economic Transformation

Ciro Scotti, "A Legacy of Lies from the Clinton Years: How the Simple Truth Might Have Changed the Course of This Presidency"
(From BusinessWeek)

David S. Broder, "The Costs of His Flaws . . . "

Mission: Peace
(CNN coverage of Bosnia)

Kosovo: An Uneasy Peace
(BBC site; includes maps)

Anthony H. Cordesman, "The Lessons and Non-Lessons of the Air and Missile War in Kosovo"

William Saletan, "Yankee Go Home: Who's Leading the Anti-War Movement? Congressional Republicans"

John Lewis Gaddis, "Living in Candlestick Park"
(From the Atlantic Monthly)

 

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