Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1950-1959.

This engrossing anthology assembles classic New Yorker pieces from a complex era enshrined in the popular imagination as the decade of poodle skirts and Cold Wa

Intended as a reference source for American social history, this volume discusses the people, events and ideas of the 1940s. After an introductory overview and

Television news made meteoric progress in the 1950s. It rose from being a plaything for the rich to a major factor in informing the American public, and an aggr

"From the archive of Look comes a photographic portrayal of the dynamic era that sparked a transformation in America's political and cultural identity. From the