This comprehensive collection centers on the impact of the 2000s in the United States and Canada. Historical essays document the turbulent decade that had a profound and lasting effect on American life and culture, including articles on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic downturns, as well as on the impact of technology, such as social media sites and innovations such as the iPhone. Joins the acclaimed sets The Sixties in America, The Fifties in America, and The Seventies in America as a means of studying history by covering the impact of a given decade on the United States and Canada. This threevolume encyclopedia covers events, movements, people, and trends in popular culture, literature, art, sports, science, technology, economics, and politics in both the United States and Canada.