The Seventies

This guide was created to help students conduct research on the 1970's.  Use the tabs to explore library resources in print and online to further your research:

• Overviews & Encyclopedias
• Articles
• Books/Videos

Current events/people referenced in A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley:

• Jimmy Carter
• Vietnam War draft evaders going to Canada
• Pardon/amnesty for draft evaders
• Gasoline shortage
• Trucker's strike
• High-interest mortgage rates
• Over-expansion of farms
• Farm foreclosures
• Pesticides in well water
• Organic farming
• Environmental awareness
• Spousal abuse
• Child abuse
• Mental health issues
• Women's roles in society
• Lives of farmers