Timeline -- 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.
Series:
The Greenwood Press daily life through history series
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