Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents:
The postwar world -- The Truman Doctrine -- The Korean War -- The Red Scare -- The Rosenberg Case -- The age of the automobile -- The rise of the suburbs -- Women's lives -- Golden age of TV -- Free time -- At the movies -- Sports heroes -- The rise of the teenager -- Rock 'n' roll -- African Americans -- Eisenhower and foreign affairs -- The space race begins -- Revolution in Cuba -- The start of the sixties.
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