America in the Fifties

by Andrew J. Dunar

Book Overview

Blessed by a booming economy, the United States experienced the benefits of technology in the 1950s, with television and the automobile transforming the way people lived, and the space race offering new challenges. At the same time, the nation faced domestic divisions and international crises that would have far-reaching historical and political consequences.

The 1950s evoke images of prosperity, suburbia, a smiling President Eisenhower,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631286
• ISBN13: 9780815631286
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"