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Title The American dream : the 50s / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with a foreword by Hugh Downs.

Publication Info. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, [1998]
©1998

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.9 OUR    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  OV 917.3 AME    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  973.91 AME    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.93 AMERICA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.9 OU    Check Shelf
Description 192 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Series Our American century
Our American century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 188) and index.
Contents The best of times: 1950-1959 -- Icons of an era: unforgettable people -- Living the good life: in the suburban promised land -- The red threat: the Cold War and the bomb -- America's dream machines: the heyday of car culture -- The fight for equal rights: a new assault on Old Jim Crow -- Art and entertainment: leisure comes of age -- Television's golden age: hooked on the tube -- Sport's decade of change: no more waiting till next year.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.5 4.0 40254.
Subject Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Miscellanea.
United States -- History -- 1945-1953 -- Miscellanea.
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Miscellanea.
Added Author Time-Life Books.
ISBN 0783555008
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