Format:
Online-Ressource (292 p)
ISBN:
9780817316846
Content:
A vivid and penetrating history, personal and social, of growing up in post-1945 America A pervasive feeling at the end of World War II, notes Philip D. Beidler, was that Americans had "inherited the earth" and could look forward to a kind of golden age, the "Good Life after the Good War." But this good life-for all its genuine possibilities-was only accessible to some and was countered by racial tensions, the fear of communism and nuclear war, gender inequalities, and a rising consumer culture, among other problems and anxieties. In these essays-a combination of personal remembran
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: After the Good War; 1. Reds; 2. A Credit to Their Race; 3. China Magic; 4. A Tale of Two Task Forces; 5. How the Holocaust Didn't Become Current Events; 6. The War of the Generals for the Presidency; 7. "Is This All?"; 8. Name Your Poison; 9. Mastering the Curriculum; 10. The Fifty- fives; 11. The End of the World; 12. I Was a 1950s Teenage Media Junkie; 13. Remembering On the Beach; 14. America the Ecumenical; 15. It Wasn't All Elvis; 16. Let's Play Dien Bien Phu; Conclusion: Good- bye to All That; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817387143
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817316846
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Victory Album : Reflections on the Good Life After the Good War
Language:
English
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