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The 1950s / Richard A. Schwartz.
Van Pelt Library E169.12 .S385 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Richard Alan, 1951-
- Series:
- Eyewitness history
- Facts on File library of American history
- An eyewitness history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nineteen fifties--Juvenile literature.
- Nineteen fifties.
- History.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--1945---Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- United States--History--1945-1953--Juvenile literature.
- United States--History--1953-1961--Juvenile literature.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- United States--History--1945-1953.
- United States--History--1953-1961.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts On File, [2003]
- Summary:
- "The 1950s chronicles a pivotal decade in U.S. history
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Postwar prelude: 1945-1949
- America becomes the world's policeman: 1950
- The Cold War settles in: 1951
- "I like Ike": 1952
- New leadership in Washington and Moscow: 1953
- Separate is not equal: 1954
- Self-created annihilation becomes a possibility: 1955
- Ike and Elvis, Budapest and the Suez: 1956
- Sputnik and Little Rock: 1957
- America enters outer space: 1958
- America expands into the Pacific: 1959.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-488) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816045976
- OCLC:
- 49029237
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