American History Since 1877

Resources selected to supplement American History Since 1877 (HSTY 202) taught at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Chapter 29: The 1970s: Toward a Conservative America

Books in Our Library

• All the President's Men [by] Carl Bernstein [and] Bob Woodward [E860 .B47]
  Book by Washington Post journalists, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who broke the story of Watergate. Primary source.
• The Final Days by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein [E861 .W66]
  Book written by Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who broke the Watergate scandal. This book was published two years after All the President's Men.
• The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House by H.R. Haldeman (1926- ) [E855 .H35 1995] - Primary source.
• It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: the Tragedy and Promise of America in the 1970s [E169.12 .C29 1982]
• Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 [PN1993.5.U6 H55 vol.9] - Series: History of the American Cinema.
• Nixon (3 volumes) [E856 .A72v.1, E856 .A72v.2, E856 .A72.v3]
  Biography. Contents include: "v. 1. The education of a politician, 1913-1962 -- v. 2. The triumph of a politician, 1962-1972 -- v. 3. Ruin and recovery, 1973-1990."
• Nixon Agonistes: the Crisis of the Self-made Man [E856 .W53]
• To Set the Record Straight: the Break-in, the Tapes, the Conspirators, the Pardon [KF224.W33 S57]

Note: To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library Gateway page and search the TC3 Catalog. Use the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat to find books in other libraries which you can request through the TC3 Library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on this topic in the TC3 Library Catalog, the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat.

• United States, Politics and government, 1969-1974
• Nixon, Richard M
• United States, Civilization, 1970-

Other Media

You can request audio-visual materials from Media Services.

• My Brother's Keeper [videorecording] [Media HC110.P63 M9 1995]
  "The Nixon Administration and the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) bring the nation to the brink of overhauling the federal social security system and replacing welfare with a guaranteed income for all citizens. When it appears the guaranteed income will be quite low, the NWRO joins an alliance of conservatives and liberals to defeat the proposed legislation."
• Richard M. Nixon [videorecording] [Media JK515 .W42 1991]
  "President Nixon discusses the presidency from the perspective of his long career in public service. Includes his views of the practical handicaps of divided government, secret diplomacy and covert operations, presidential campaigning, and relations with the media." Primary source.
• Crisis in Pictures: America, Love it or Leave it. [Picture] [Media HN57 .C7]
  "Photographs of America during the 1960s, the changing values and social uncertainties, including Vietnam potests, hippies, and political and civil upheaval."

History Journals in Electronic Format

History-related electronic journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our electronic databases and in our list of full-text electronic journals, also listed by subject (History & Archaeology).

Web Resources

• Equal Rights Amendment
  The National Organization of Women (NOW) presents the ERA amendment and background information.
• Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley
  "The Macintosh stands at a cusp in the history of computing and Silicon Valley: it brought together (and sometimes transformed) a number of technical and conceptual threads in computing that developed in the 1960s and 1970s, but it also was responsible for sparking new movements in computing. This project collects and publishes primary material on the Macintosh's development and early reception."
• Case Name: ROE V. WADE, 410 U.S. 113
  Use search options at bottom of page to retrieve full text of Supreme Court's decision, January 22, 1973. Enter Roe in 1st box; Wade in 2nd.
• Watergate Revisited
  Washington Post's web site "provides a look back at Nixon's legacy." It includes multimedia files, a photo gallery, and archive of Washington Post stories.