Vignettes, news items, sidebars, and archival photographs present a cursory history from the 1900s to the present. Significant events and key personalities are included for each decade. Reluctant readers will be drawn to these pictorial histories and perhaps be inspired to do further research. There are five other spring 2010 books in this series. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1910s Decade in Photos: A Decade That Shook the World ISBN 978-0-7660-3130-2 . LC 2008042902. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1920s Decade in Photos: The Roaring Twenties ISBN 978-0-7660-3131-9 . LC 2008042903. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1930s Decade in Photos: Depression and Hope ISBN 978-0-7660-3132-6 . LC 2008042904. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1940s Decade in Photos: A World at War ISBN 978-0-7660-3133-3 . LC 2008042910. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1950s Decade in Photos: The American Decade ISBN 978-0-7660-3134-0 . LC 2008042994. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1960s Decade in Photos: Love, Freedom, and Flower Power ISBN 978-0-7660-3135-7 . LC 2008042996. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1970s Decade in Photos: Protest and Change ISBN 978-0-7660-3136-4 . LC 2008042998. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1980s Decade in Photos: The Triumph of Democracy ISBN 978-0-7660-3137-1 . LC 2008052627. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 1990s Decade in Photos: The Rise of New Technology ISBN 978-0-7660-3138-8 . LC 2008054648. CORRIGAN, Jim . The 2000s Decade in Photos: A New Millennium ISBN 978-0-7660-3139-5 . LC 2008054644. ea vol: 64p. (Amazing Decades in Photos Series). photos. reprods. chron. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Enslow 2010. PLB $27.93. Gr 4-8 Large, well-chosen black-and-white and color photos are the strongest elements of these books, which each offer approximately 20 chapters covering economics, politics, wars, science, and popular culture. The focus is on U.S. history, but world events that influenced America are also discussed. Captions provide specific information about the photos and supplement, rather than repeat, information in the narratives. Attractive and readable, this series will be popular with browsers and beginning researchers.