Description
In this sweeping portrait of 1950s America, David Halberstam explores the political, social, and cultural forces that transformed the nation in the years after World War II. Moving beyond a strictly linear history, he profiles figures, industries, and movements—from Truman and Eisenhower, the Cold War, and the early Civil Rights Movement to Elvis Presley, television, fast food, automobile culture, and the emerging counterculture. With vivid narrative detail and journalistic insight, the book reveals how prosperity, conformity, innovation, and anxiety shaped everyday American life while laying the groundwork for the turbulent decades to come.
Available Editions
paperback
Ballantine Books
Published May 10, 1994
816 pages
ISBN: 9780449909331
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Details
First Published
1993
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Fifties by David Halberstam.