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Historical Dictionary of the 1950s

James Stuart Olson
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      Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. It manifested itself in rock and roll, the budding civil rights movement, and the appearance of a youth culture, eventually exploding in the 1960s.Providing a comprehensive overview, this book includes entries on the prominent people, major events, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and court cases of the decade that gave rise to the tensions of the 1960s.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: James Stuart Olson EAN: 9780313306198 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-07-30 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Reference works, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history

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      JAMES S. OLSON is Distinguished Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, where he has taught since 1972. He is the author of more than 20 books on U.S. and world history, including Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (Greenwood, 1999) and Historical Dictionary of the 1960s (Greenwood, 1999).
      Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. It manifested itself in rock and roll, the budding civil rights movement, and the appearance of a youth culture, eventually exploding in the 1960s.Providing a comprehensive overview, this book includes entries on the prominent people, major events, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and court cases of the decade that gave rise to the tensions of the 1960s.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: James Stuart Olson EAN: 9780313306198 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-07-30 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Reference works, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history

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      JAMES S. OLSON is Distinguished Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, where he has taught since 1972. He is the author of more than 20 books on U.S. and world history, including Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (Greenwood, 1999) and Historical Dictionary of the 1960s (Greenwood, 1999).

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