America in the 1950s
By: Edmund Lindop.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Nineteen fifties -- Juvenile literature.; Nineteen fifties.; United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- 1945-1953 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Civilization -- 1945-; United States -- History -- 1945-1953.; United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Outlines life in the United States in the 1950s, including the development of suburbia, advances in technology and entertainment, politics, the space race, and the Cold War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Korean War; title: A Red scare haunts Americans; title: "I Like Ike" and "I'm Madly for Adlai"; title: African Americans seek racial justice; title: The Cold War escalates; title: Big changes come to the United States; title: Television takes center stage; title: More entertainment; title: A golden age of sports.