Surveys the fashions, trends, and cultural and intellectual preoccupations of the last decade of the twentieth century. From silk walking shorts to bike leathers to layered minidresses to stretch-velvet jumpsuits, Fashion of a Decade: The 1990s details a period of fun, innovative clothing styles that could be sold at prices the average person could afford. Perfect for fashion and history lovers alike, this revides volume covers everything readers...

Explores, through text and illustrations, how fashions and clothes reflect the social, political, and cultural climate of their time.

"A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other--pointing fingers at neighbors,...