Daily life in 1950s America / Nancy Hendricks.
"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.
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Santa Barbara, California :
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2019]
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| Series: | Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.