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| #53480 in Books | 1994-05-10 | 1994-05-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.30 x1.30 x5.40l,1.50 | File type: PDF | 816 pages||24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.| Some interesting things that happened in the 1950s|By T. F. Hurley|Much of the material covered in this book is quite interesting, ranging from domestic politics to foreign policy matters, big economic trends and cultural phenomena. But I disliked the organization which hopped pretty randomly among these big subject areas. Material on Elvis Presley might have immediately fo|.com |"In retrospect," writes David Halberstam, "the pace of the fifties seemed slower, almost languid. Social ferment, however, was beginning just beneath this placid surface." He shows how the United States began to emerge from the long shadow of FDR's 12-yea
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Fifties | David Halberstam. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
