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The 1950s / Richard A. Schwartz.

Author/creator Schwartz, Richard Alan, 1951-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Facts On File, ©2003.
Descriptionvii, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Subject(s)
Nineteen fifties--Juvenile literature.
Nineteen fifties.
United States--Civilization --1945- --Juvenile literature.
United States--History --1945-1953 --Juvenile literature.
United States--History --1953-1961 --Juvenile literature.
United States--Civilization --1945-
United States--History --1945-1953.
United States--History --1953-1961.
Series Facts on File library of American history
Facts on File library of American history. ^A465528
Contents Introduction -- Postwar prelude: 1945-1949 -- America becomes the world's policeman: 1950 -- The Cold War settles in: 1951 -- "I like Ike": 1952 -- New leadership in Washington and Moscow: 1953 -- Separate is not equal: 1954 -- Self-created annihilation becomes a possibility: 1955 -- Ike and Elvis, Budapest and the Suez: 1956 -- Sputnik and Little Rock: 1957 -- America enters outer space: 1958 -- America expands into the Pacific: 1959.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 471-488) and index.
LCCN 2002001149
ISBN0816045976 (alk. paper)

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