PAIS Index covers issues in the public debate through coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. PAIS International is the current file covering 1972 to present and PAIS Archive includes the content from printed volumes published 1915-1976.

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Find information on such topics as:

  • Atomic Age
  • China's cultural revolution
  • Civil rights movement
  • Cold War
  • Communism, Socialism, Nationalism
  • Great Depression
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Korean War
  • McCarthyism
  • Prohibition
  • Religion and public schools
  • Space exploration
  • United Nations and League of Nations
  • Vietnam conflict
  • Watergate
  • Women's movement
  • World Wars I and II

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