The Fifties Chronicle
Title | The Fifties Chronicle PDF eBook |
Author | Beth Bailey |
Publisher | Publications International |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2007-06-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781412715485 |
The Fifties
Title | The Fifties PDF eBook |
Author | David Halberstam |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 1216 |
Release | 2012-12-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1453286071 |
This vivid New York Times bestseller about 1950s America from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is “an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade” (Time). Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Ozzie and Harriet. Elvis. Civil rights. It’s undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam’s triumphant The Fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald’s expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as “a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years.” This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.
The Fifties
Title | The Fifties PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas T. Miller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The 1950s
Title | The 1950s PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Alan Schwartz |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | Nineteen fifties |
ISBN | 1438108761 |
Traces the history of the United States during the 1950s through such primary sources as memoirs, letters, contemporary journalism, and official documents.
American Chronicle
Title | American Chronicle PDF eBook |
Author | Lois G. Gordon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 998 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780300075878 |
Covers American cultural history, encompassing politics, science, arts, entertainment, and major events
Fifties Flashback
Title | Fifties Flashback PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis Adler |
Publisher | Motorbooks |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | 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.
The 1950s
Title | The 1950s PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Young |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2004-04-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0313052956 |
Have the 1950s been overly romanticized? Beneath the calm, conformist exterior, new ideas and attitudes were percolating. This was the decade of McCarthyism, Levittowns, and men in gray flannel suits, but the 1950s also saw bold architectural styles, the rise of paperback novels and the Beat writers, Cinema Scope and film noir, television variety shows, the Golden Age of the automobile, subliminal advertising, fast food, Frisbees, and silly putty. Meanwhile, teens attained a more prominent role in American culture with hot rods, rock 'n' roll, preppies and greasers, and—gasp—juvenile delinquency. At the same time, a new technological threat, the atom bomb, lurked beneath the surface of the postwar decade. This volume presents a nuanced look at a surprisingly complex time in American popular culture.