1950s: the Way We Lived
The 1950s are sometimes thought of as America's bland decade, a decade when family life was stable and America's cities were safe. The economy was booming and mos...
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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 ...
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Giant Steps.
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 commerci...
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The Decade of Television.
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. ...
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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...
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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...
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Overview
Women's Factory: Femininity is the Key
Hair Imitates Art
Dior and the Full-Figured Gal-Bosom Buddies No More?
Men's Fashions: Gray Flannel Suits
Who Cares?
A Call to Bare Arms
American Desig...
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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...
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Importance of the Economy.
By 1950 people generally recognized that the nation's economy — the financial performance of its businesses — affects every American personally. The security of...
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During the 1950s, many people suspect that this decade was occupied by conservatism and conformity but they are incorrect. This period was filled with rebellious groups and classes and the struggl...
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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...
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1950s: the Way We Lived
The Fifties
America 1950-1959: Science and Technology
