Uxl American Decades 1950-59

by Pendergast, Sara

• ISBN13: 9780787664602
• ISBN10: 078766460X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Uxl

Summary

A ten-volume overview of the twentieth century which explores what characterizes each decade as expressed through the arts, economy, education, government, politics, fashions, health, science, technology, and sports.

Table of Contents

Reader's Guide	xiii
Chronology of the 1950s	xv
The 1950s: An Overview	xxi
Arts and Entertainment	1	(22)
Chronology	2	(2)
Overview	4	(2)
Headline Makers	6	(2)
Milton Berle	6	(1)
Leonard Bernstein	6	(1)
Marlon Brando	6	(1)
Jack Kerouac	6	(1)
Marilyn Monroe	7	(1)
Edward R. Murrow	7	(1)
Jackson Pollock	7	(1)
Elvis Presley	7	(1)
Topics in the News	8	(11)
Abstract expressionism confuses art patrons	8	(1)
In literature, the old meets the new	8	(2)
Movies react to the rise of TV	10	(3)
The Hollywood blacklist	13	(2)
The birth of rock and roll	15	(1)
The rise of science fiction	16	(1)
The television decade	17	(2)
For More Information	19	(4)
Business and the Economy	23	(22)
Chronology	24	(2)
Overview	26	(2)
Headline Makers	28	(2)
James R. Hoffa	28	(1)
Raymond A. Kroc	28	(1)
George Meany	28	(1)
Walter P. Reuther	29	(1)
Thomas J. Watson Jr.	29	(1)
Charles E. Wilson	29	(1)
Topics in the News	30	(13)
Advertising	30	(1)
The AFL-CIO and the turbulent Teamsters	31	(4)
Air travel	35	(1)
Alcoa, aluminum, and the end of a monopoly	36	(1)
Bank of America and financial expansion	37	(1)
Credit, inflation, and price controls	38	(1)
``The Military-Industrial Complex''	39	(1)
The National Highway Act and the auto industry	40	(1)
Small versus big business	41	(2)
For More Information	43	(2)
Education	45	(22)
Chronology	46	(2)
Overview	48	(2)
Headline Makers	50	(2)
James B. Conant	50	(1)
John Dewey	50	(1)
Orval E. Faubus	50	(1)
Theodore S. Geisel	51	(1)
Thurgood Marshall	51	(1)
Topics in the News	52	(12)
Adult education	52	(1)
Church versus state	52	(1)
Curricula	53	(2)
Desegregating education: Separate and unequal	55	(1)
Desegregating education: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas	56	(4)
Drafting college students	60	(1)
The ``Red Scare'' in education	61	(1)
School shortages	62	(1)
Television's effect on education	63	(1)
For More Information	64	(3)
Government, Politics, and Law	67	(22)
Chronology	68	(2)
Overview	70	(2)
Headline Makers	72	(2)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	72	(1)
Estes Kefauver	72	(1)
Joseph R. McCarthy	72	(1)
Rosa Parks	73	(1)
Adlai E. Stevenson	73	(1)
Robert A. Taft	73	(1)
Earl Warren	73	(1)
Topics in the News	74	(13)
Civil rights: The Emmett Till case	74	(1)
The cold war: The bomb	74	(3)
The cold war: Korea	77	(1)
The case of Alger Hiss	77	(1)
The execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg	78	(1)
The age of McCarthyism	79	(2)
Crime and punishment	81	(2)
National politics: Election 1950	83	(1)
National politics: Election 1952	83	(1)
National politics: Election 1954	84	(1)
National politics: Election 1956	85	(1)
National politics: Election 1958	85	(2)
For More Information	87	(2)
Lifestyles and Social Trends	89	(24)
Chronology	90	(2)
Overview	92	(2)
Headline Makers	94	(2)
Gabrielle ``Coco'' Chanel	94	(1)
Mamie Doud Eisenhower	94	(1)
R. Buckminster Fuller	94	(1)
John Kenneth Galbraith	94	(1)
Billy Graham	95	(1)
Hugh Hefner	95	(1)
Reinhold Niebuhr	95	(1)
Francis Spellman	95	(1)
Topics in the News	96	(14)
Architecture	96	(1)
Black church leaders and civil rights	96	(2)
Cars	98	(1)
Conformity	99	(1)
Fashion and femininity	100	(3)
Furniture	103	(1)
Respect for authority	104	(1)
The Supreme Court and the First Amendment	105	(2)
Youth fads and fashions: Children	107	(2)
Youth fads and fashions: Teenagers	109	(1)
For More Information	110	(3)
Medicine and Health	113	(22)
Chronology	114	(2)
Overview	116	(2)
Headline Makers	118	(2)
Thomas A. Dooley	118	(1)
John Franklin Enders	118	(1)
John H. Gibbon Jr	118	(1)
Albert B. Sabin	119	(1)
Jonas E. Salk	119	(1)
Helen B. Taussig	119	(1)
Topics in the News	120	(12)
Asian flu: A crisis diverted	120	(1)
The business of health care: Billions and bureaucracy	120	(1)
Cancer: Will there ever be a cure?	121	(2)
Germs: What they are, and how to destroy them	123	(1)
Heart disease: Amazing new treatments	123	(2)
``Miracle cures'' and greed: Anything for profit	125	(1)
Mental illness: A lack of compassion	126	(1)
Polio: Destroying a deadly disease	127	(2)
Radiation: A new way of seeing and healing	129	(2)
Shaping up America's youth	131	(1)
Tranquilizers: Simple solutions for complex problems?	131	(1)
Tuberculosis: The demise of a disease	132	(1)
For More Information	132	(3)
Science and Technology	135	(22)
Chronology	136	(2)
Overview	138	(2)
Headline Makers	140	(2)
Chester Carlson	140	(1)
Grace Murray Hopper	140	(1)
Alfred Kinsey	140	(1)
Arthur Kornberg	141	(1)
Margaret Sanger	141	(1)
Wernher von Braun	141	(1)
Topics in the News	142	(12)
From color TV to magnetic tape, transistors to transatlantic cables	142	(1)
The computer comes of age	143	(3)
Computer language: A new way of communicating	146	(1)
Exploring the nature of heredity	147	(1)
Fossil dating: Exploring geologic ages	148	(1)
The H-bomb: Expanding the atomic age	149	(1)
ICBM: Long-range bombing capability	150	(1)
Jet aircraft: Flying at the speed of sound	151	(1)
LPs and ``45s'': More for your listening pleasure	152	(1)
Sputnick and the space race	153	(1)
For More Information	154	(3)
Sports	157
Chronology	158	(2)
Overview	160	(2)
Headline Makers	162	(2)
Althea Gibson	162	(1)
Ben Hogan	162	(1)
Gordie Howe	162	(1)
Mickey Mantle	163	(1)
Willie Mays	163	(1)
Mildred ``Babe'' Didrikson Zaharias	163	(1)
Topics in the News	164	(13)
Integrated baseball is dominated by New York teams	164	(4)
College basketball's tarnished image	168	(1)
Professional basketball takes hold	168	(2)
Bowling: The people's sport	170	(1)
Marciano and Robinson dominate boxing	171	(2)
Pro football comes of age	173	(2)
Politics in the Olympics	175	(1)
Sports on TV, stage, and screen	175	(2)
For More Information	177
Where to Learn More	xxiii
Index	xxxiii