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America in the fifties / Andrew J. Dunar ; with a foreword by John Robert Greene
Bib ID 3885230
Format BookBook
Author
Dunar, Andrew J
 
Online Versions
Edition 1st ed. 
Description Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2006 
xiii, 351 p. ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0815631030
0815631286
Full contents
  • 1. Origins : postwar America and the roots of the fifties
  • 2. Fair deal to farewell : the domestic tribulations of Truman's second term
  • 3. The Korean War
  • 4. Liking Ike : domestic politics in Eisenhower's first term, 1953-1956
  • 5. The uneasy mantle of a major power : foreign policy, 1953-1956
  • 6. People of plenty : the transformation of American society
  • 7. Other Americans : the rights and plights of citizens
  • 8. The tube and the big screen : television and movies
  • 9. The nonconformist fifties : the arts and popular culture during the Cold War
  • 10. Foreign policy at the dawn of the space age, 1957-1960
 
Notes

Includes index.

Subjects Nineteen fifties.  |  United States -- History -- 1945-1953.  |  United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
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505 0 |aOrigins : postwar America and the roots of the Fifties -- Fair deal to farewell : the domestic tribulations of Truman's second term -- The Korean War -- Liking Ike : domestic politics in Eisenhower's first term, 1953-1956 -- The uneasy mantle of a major power : foreign policy, 1953-1956 -- People of plenty : the transformation of American society -- Other Americans : the rights and plights of citizens -- The tube and the big screen : television and movies -- The nonconformist fifties : the arts and popular culture during the Cold War -- Foreign policy at the dawn of the Space Age, 1957-1960 -- The end of the Ike age.
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651 0 |aUnited States|xHistory|y1953-1961.
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