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"Bad old days" : the myth of the 1950s / Alan J. Levine.

By: Publication details: New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, c2008.Description: 179 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781412807456 (alk. paper)
  • 141280745X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.92 22
LOC classification:
  • HN58 .L48 2008
Contents:
The myth and the problem -- The post-World War II era : its characteristics, achievements, and problems -- Race : the great American obsession -- The myth of McCarthyism -- Prosperity and poverty in the postwar era -- Men and women -- Conformity, the "silent generation," liberalism, and social criticism -- Postwar culture -- Seeds of disintegration? -- Post-Sputnik "declinism" -- Those suburbs--suburbia, disturbia, and the slurbs -- Cars : getting around, Gorp, and the "vaginal look" -- The economy and industry in the postwar era.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HN58 .L48 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001023661

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The myth and the problem -- The post-World War II era : its characteristics, achievements, and problems -- Race : the great American obsession -- The myth of McCarthyism -- Prosperity and poverty in the postwar era -- Men and women -- Conformity, the "silent generation," liberalism, and social criticism -- Postwar culture -- Seeds of disintegration? -- Post-Sputnik "declinism" -- Those suburbs--suburbia, disturbia, and the slurbs -- Cars : getting around, Gorp, and the "vaginal look" -- The economy and industry in the postwar era.

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