Late 1970s


The late 1970s are still too recent for significant historical perspective. Events here are given year by year, and only a few are included.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience History Modern History 20th Century Late-mid 20th Century

The late 1970s are still too recent for significant historical perspective. Events here are given year by year, and only a few are included.

1976

1976 Jimmy Carter elected 39th President of the United States.

1977

1978

1979

1980


Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology can be connected. Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biography will be useful. Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, and human geography will be important. Particular groups can be connected.	Links to other sites: Not yet available.
Culture Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be useful. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be connected. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainment, and cultural events can be considered. Institutions Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be considered. Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and schools can be connected. Economics including economic activity, industries, and economic systems can be connected. Government including law, government activity, government structure, and particular governments can be connected. Religion including religious beliefs, practice, and organization will be useful. Religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be connected. Sociology Social structure and change Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure will be useful. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be connected. Social change including social change factors, social change processes, and particular changes can be examined. Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City can be examined along with particular nations. Peoples of the world including African peoples peoples are vital. Nations such as Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines are useful in examining peoples. Western civilization is important. In Russia the gap between Western economics and the Soviet economy was noticeable. Anglic peoples including the United States (led mostly by the Carter administration) are important. Among Latin peoples, in Brazil Ernesto Geisel began moving toward civilian government and chose Joao Figueiredo as his successor. Asiatic peoples are important. Bangladesh was led by Ziaur Rahman. Among South Asian peoples, In India Indira Gandhi was deposed, but later re-elected as Prime Minister. In Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq took power in a military coup, and Ali Bhutto was executed. Among Oriental peoples, in China, Mao died and after a power struggle, capitalist-minded reformers came to power. Among Southeast Asian peoples, In Indonesia, Suharto contined to lead. American Indian peoples including those found in the United States and Brazil can be considered. Other History Other areas of history through classical and medieval times are not yet well connected. Other areas of modern time through the 19th century are also not yet well connected. Periods of the 20th century through the mid 20th century can be considered. This is preceded by the late mid 20th century through the early 1970s. It is closely followed by the late 20th century, particularly the early 1980s The future is yet to be considered

Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology can be connected. Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biography will be useful. Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, and human geography will be important. Particular groups can be connected.

Links to other sites: Not yet available.

Culture

Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be useful. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be connected. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainment, and cultural events can be considered.

Institutions

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be considered. Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and schools can be connected. Economics including economic activity, industries, and economic systems can be connected. Government including law, government activity, government structure, and particular governments can be connected. Religion including religious beliefs, practice, and organization will be useful. Religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be connected.

Sociology

Social structure and change

Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure will be useful. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be connected. Social change including social change factors, social change processes, and particular changes can be examined.

Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City can be examined along with particular nations.

Peoples of the world including African peoples peoples are vital. Nations such as Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines are useful in examining peoples.

Western civilization is important. In Russia the gap between Western economics and the Soviet economy was noticeable. Anglic peoples including the United States (led mostly by the Carter administration) are important. Among Latin peoples, in Brazil Ernesto Geisel began moving toward civilian government and chose Joao Figueiredo as his successor.

Asiatic peoples are important. Bangladesh was led by Ziaur Rahman. Among South Asian peoples, In India Indira Gandhi was deposed, but later re-elected as Prime Minister. In Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq took power in a military coup, and Ali Bhutto was executed. Among Oriental peoples, in China, Mao died and after a power struggle, capitalist-minded reformers came to power. Among Southeast Asian peoples, In Indonesia, Suharto contined to lead. American Indian peoples including those found in the United States and Brazil can be considered.

Other History

Other areas of history through classical and medieval times are not yet well connected. Other areas of modern time through the 19th century are also not yet well connected. Periods of the 20th century through the mid 20th century can be considered. This is preceded by the late mid 20th century through the early 1970s. It is closely followed by the late 20th century, particularly the early 1980s The future is yet to be considered