The Fifties

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453286074

<DIV><B>This vivid <I>New York Times</I> bestseller about 1950s America from a Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist is &ldquo;an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade&rdquo; (<I>Time</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. <I>Ozzie and Harriet</I>. Elvis. Civil rights. It&rsquo;s undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam&rsquo;s triumphant <I>The Fifties</I>, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant <I>New York Times</I> bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald&rsquo;s expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, <I>The Fifties</I> is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the<I> Denver Post </I>as &ldquo;a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years.&rdquo;</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV><I>This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.</I></DIV>