America of the Fifties
Author : Fredrika Bremer
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 1924
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Fredrika Bremer
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 1924
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : James R. Gaines
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439101639
Introduction: Seeing in the dark -- Gay rights: "To be nobody but yourself" -- Feminism: "Meet Jane Crow" -- Civil rights: The war after the wars -- Ecology: Before we knew -- Epilogue: The best of us.
Author : Martha Saxton
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Biography of Jayne Mansfield; 24 Illustrations.
Author : Dennis Adler
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 0760319278
No other era in automotive history is as revered as the 1950s, when Detroit was the center of the auto world and the American V-8 was king of the road. With hundreds of color photos of beautiful restorations and a collection of rare archival photos, Dennis Adler has compiled a detailed history of the emerging postwar American auto industry.
Author : Keith Goodman
Publisher : English Reading Tree
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781091126152
Introducing: America in the 1950s for KidsThe English Reading Tree Book 54 This book is aimed at children aged eight and over and is part of the English Reading Tree Series (number 54). It is a perfect tool to get young learners into the habit of reading. This nostalgic look at America in the 1950s will take children on a journey through key events, trivia, and culture. From the War in Korea to Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, this is a must read for young and curious minds. America in the 1950s for Kids has been written to entertain and educate. It is packed with information and trivia and has images that bring the topic alive. There is a quiz at the beginning and end to test how much has been learned. What people are saying about the English Reading TreeGoodreads Excellent books that not only improve reading ability but educate. Post Online Very well presented and I particularly enjoyed the quiz at the end. Island EBooks Simple, easy to read and full of interesting facts. What more can a parent ask? Online Review With less emphasis on pictures and more emphasis on reading and developing initial reading vocabulary, this series will capture most kid's imagination and encourage them to read more. The large print makes the reading more inviting. Parental assistance will be needed to help with new words or the meaning.
Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780737002010
Examines the politics, suburbia, automobiles, art and entertainment, cold war, television, and sports of the 1950s.
Author : David Newhardt, Robert Genat
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 9781616730727
Author : Glenn C. Altschuler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0198031912
The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race. For instance, the birth of rock coincided with the Civil Rights movement and brought "race music" into many white homes for the first time. Elvis freely credited blacks with originating the music he sang and some of the great early rockers were African American, most notably, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In addition, rock celebrated romance and sex, rattled the reticent by pushing sexuality into the public arena, and mocked deferred gratification and the obsession with work of men in gray flannel suits. And it delighted in the separate world of the teenager and deepened the divide between the generations, helping teenagers differentiate themselves from others. Altschuler includes vivid biographical sketches of the great rock 'n rollers, including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly--plus their white-bread doppelgangers such as Pat Boone. Rock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties.
Author : Nancy Hendricks
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,49 MB
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1440864411
Placing the era firmly within the American experience, this reference illuminates what daily life was really like in the 1950s, including for people from the "Other America"—those outside the prosperous, white middle class. 'Daily Life in 1950s America shows that the era was anything but uneventful. Apart from revolutionary changes during the decade itself, it was in the 1950s that the seeds took root for the social turmoil of the 1960s and the technological world of today. The book's interdisciplinary format looks at the domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life of average Americans. Readers can look at sections separately according to their interests or classroom assignment, or can read them as an ongoing narrative. By entering the homes of average Americans, far from the corridors of power, we can make sense of the 1950s and see how the headlines of the era translated into their daily lives. This readable and informative book is ideal for anyone interested in this formative decade in American life. Well-researched factual material is presented in an engaging way, along with lively sidebars to humanize each section. It is unique in blending the history, popular culture, and sociology of American daily life, including those of Americans who were not white, middle class, and prosperous.
Author : Betty Friedan
Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780140136555
This novel was the major inspiration for the Women's Movement and continues to be a powerful and illuminating analysis of the position of women in Western society___