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Current baby-boomer nostalgia has, for the most part, washed over — and sanitized — the political history of the 1950s. When compared to the turbulent decades that would follow and the world war that had preceded in the 1940s, the 1950s...

The stereotype that labels the 1950s as a sleepy, conformist decade is at no time less true than when discussing the media. The 1950s were revolutionary years in the media. During the decade the technology and content of radio, television, newspapers,...

Great strides were made in American science during the 1950s. Major inventions and discoveries were almost daily events, and previously ignored technology improved upon and made commercially applicable. The field of science seemed to change overnight....

By 1950 people generally recognized that the nation's economy — the financial performance of its businesses — affects every American personally. The security of our jobs and how much we earn doing them, the cost of the goods we buy, the...

The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. The Fifties in the United States and much of Western Europe are generally considered conservative in contrast to the social revolution of the next decade. Mass suburban developments and...

China's Impact Communist China was born of a struggle not only between two rival factions or two opposing political conceptions, but between the 85 per cent of Chinese who wanted to be sure of getting their daily bowl of rice and the...

Roland Quinault adds an appendix to our series by looking at the state of the islands in the years after the Second World War. BRITAIN IN 1950 was different, many ways, from Britain today. The most obvious difference was in the physical...

The NHL's greatest dynasty has reunited, though the surviving members of the select group of Montreal Canadiens that won five straight Stanley Cups from 1956-60 will let their record speak for itself.Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Dickie Moore, Tom Johnson, Jean-Guy Talbot and Don Marshall will...

Dan Klores still remembers his first case of heartbreak.'I was obsessed, during the relationship and after," says the 57-year-old documentary filmmaker. "I did some things that I was absolutely not proud of, and kept them to myself. Who's going to admit, 'By the way, I...

Contrary to popular belief, the 1950s were not a decade of conformity and conservatism. The decade saw the beginnings of youth rebellion, as partly reflected in the emergence of rock music. The struggle for civil rights also began during this decade, highlighted by the case of Rosa Parks and the use of non-violent protest against Jim Crow laws. And poverty, disease, and crime in urban areas presented major problems during the 1950s.

The popular impression of the 1950s is of days of prosperity, with fast food, fast cars, color movies, and television. However, the decade was also marked by poverty and discrimination, and those who were not white endured greater suffering. An illustration of the more poverty-stricken areas of American during this time bears this out.