Bad Old Days - The Myth of the 1950s

List of contents

1. The Myth and the Problem
2. The Post-World War II Era: Its Characteristics, Achievements, and Problems
3. Race: The Great American Obsession
4. The Myth of McCarthyism
5. Prosperity and Poverty in the Postwar Era
6. Men and Women
7. Conformity, the "Silent Generation," Liberalism, and Social Criticism
8. Postwar Culture
9. Seeds of Disintegration?
10. Post-Sputnik "Declinism"
11. Those Suburbs Suburbia, Disturbia, and the Slurbs
12. Cars: Getting Around, Gorp, and the "Vaginal Look"
13. The Economy and Industry in the Postwar Era
Index

About the author

Alan J. Levine

Summary

For many, especially those on the political left, the 1950s are the "bad old days

Product details

• Authors: Levine, Alan J. Levine, Levine Alan J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138507500
• ISBN: 978-1-138-50750-0
• No. of pages: 179
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, HISTORY / General