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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100679415599
ISBN-139780679415596
eBay Product ID (ePID)1345999
Product Key Features
Publication Year1993
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Popular Culture, General, Economic Conditions, Customs & Traditions
Book TitleFifties
Number of PagesXi, 800 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreSocial Science, Business & Economics, History
AuthorDavid Halberstam
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight48.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-056815
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal973.92
SynopsisThe 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 the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
This is somewhat heavy, detailed reading, but fascinating. Halberstam's history makes one wonder how we survived the era. He makes all the major players come alive as human.