HIST 3270/4000: 1960s America
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The Sixties in America3-volume set
Main Level, Reference: R 973.9203 Si97S
Historical Dictionary of the Cold WarMain Level Reference: R 909.825 Sm61H
Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American ActivismMain Level Reference: R 923.6 L469L
The 1960s: An Annotated Bibliography of Social and Political Movements in the United StatesMain Level Reference: R 016.303484 J137N
American Decades, 1960-1969Main Level Reference: R 973.9 Am35A [Volume 7: 1960-1969]
