| Description |
1 online resource (xli, 282 pages) |
| Series |
The Greenwood Press daily life through history series
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Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Timeline of events -- Glossary -- Domestic life -- Children -- Teenagers -- Women -- Men -- Marriage -- Family -- Sexuality -- Rites of passage -- Death -- Economic life -- Advertising -- Consumerism -- Crime -- Immigration -- Labor -- Race -- Rural life -- Social class -- Suburban life -- Urban life -- Intellectual life -- Communication -- Cultural critics -- Education -- Health and healthcare -- Literature -- Medical advances -- News media -- Popular culture -- Science -- Material life -- Automobiles -- Clothing -- Food and drink -- Housing -- Possessions -- Toys -- Political life -- Government and law -- Legislation -- Political communications -- Politics -- Warfare and weapons -- Recreational life -- Dance -- Exercise -- Leisure -- Movies -- Music -- Sports -- Television -- Theater -- Travel -- Visual arts -- Religious life -- Ceremonies and rituals -- Denominations -- Holy days -- Non-traditional religious groups -- Religion and secular life -- Appendix A: Slang of the 1950s -- Appendix B: Award winners, championships, and chart-toppers of the 1950s -- Appendix C: Bestselling books of the 1950s -- Appendix D: Major legislation by the United States Congress in the 1950s -- Appendix E: Major decisions by the United States Supreme Court in the 1950s. |
| Summary |
"Placing the era firmly within the American experience, this reference illuminates what daily life was really like in the 1950s, including for people from the "Other America"--Those outside the prosperous, white middle class."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
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United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Popular culture -- United States -- 20th century.
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United States -- History -- 1945-1953.
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United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
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Nineteen fifties.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Civilization |
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Nineteen fifties |
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Popular culture |
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Social conditions |
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United States |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hendricks, Nancy. Daily life in 1950s America. Santa Barbara, CA : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019] 9781440864414 (DLC) 2018049673 |
| ISBN |
9781440864421 (electronic book) |
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144086442X (electronic book) |
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9781440864414 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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