Bad Old Days: The Myth of the 1950s

by Alan J. Levine and Alan J Levine

For many, especially those on the political left, the 1950s are the "bad old days." The widely accepted list of what was allegedly wrong with that decade includes the Cold War, McCarthyism, racial segregation, self-satisfied prosperity, and empty materialism. The failings are coupled with ignoring poverty and other social problems, complacency, conformity, the suppression of women, and puritanical attitudes toward sex. In all, the conventional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141280745X
• ISBN13: 9781412807456
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"