1950s Summary

The Fifties The 1950s were a time of rapid change and lock step conformity, of new forms emerging out of old, and technical innovations proceeding at a breakneck pace. For all the talk of traditional ... Read more

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Baby Boom. The 1950s was a decade of unprecedented economic and population growth for the United States. The baby boom that had begun in the years immediately following World War II continued well in... Read more

1950s Politics Sentimentalized. Current baby-boomer nostalgia has, for the most part, washed over — and sanitized — the political history of the 1950s. When compared to the turbulent deca... Read more

Even if some Americans in the 1950s still believed that "a little learnin' goes a long way," they became concerned during the decade that it took more than a little learning to face the chal... Read more

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Although the fifties are looked back on as the days of prosperity, many will tell you another story entirely. There was another side to the fifties, a side that goes without mention too often. In t... Read more