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Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Language
English
Description
Provides accounts of key events that occurred during the 1950s in the areas of science, technology, transportation, the economy, society, literature, art and architecture, fashion, stage and screen, music, sports and recreation, and war, and includes photographs and primary sources.
4) The 1940s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of one of the pivotal decades of the twentieth century, a period of transition and crisis for the nation and for its citizens.
5) The 1950s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1950s, including the effects of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, television, music, art, science, and technology.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
One of the most controversial issues absorbing America today: Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Fifty years after the fateful summer of 1945, we are still debating Harry Truman's decision. Now, in an exhaustive, thoroughly documented study of the events of that time, Gar Alperovitz makes plain why the United States did not need to deploy the bomb, how Truman was advised of alternatives to it by nearly every civilian...
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