02796nam 2200601Ia 450 991046283610332120200520144314.00-8173-8714-5(CKB)2670000000324816(EBL)1077418(OCoLC)827212568(SSID)ssj0000784549(PQKBManifestationID)11491807(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784549(PQKBWorkID)10763532(PQKB)10154378(MiAaPQ)EBC1077418(OCoLC)821216787(MdBmJHUP)muse27129(Au-PeEL)EBL1077418(CaPaEBR)ebr10632665(OCoLC)823380938(EXLCZ)99267000000032481620090623d2010 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe victory album[electronic resource] reflections on the good life after the good war /Philip D. BeidlerTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (292 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5845-5 0-8173-1684-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Reds -- A credit to their race -- China magic -- A tale of two task forces -- How the Holocaust didn't become current events -- The war of the generals for the presidency -- Is this all? -- Name your poison -- Mastering the curriculum -- The fifty-fives -- The end of the world -- I was a 1950's teenage media junkie -- Remembering On the beach -- American the ecumenical -- It wasn't all Elvis -- Let's play Dien Bien Phu.A vivid and penetrating history, personal and social, of growing up in post-1945 America A pervasive feeling at the end of World War II, notes Philip D. Beidler, was that Americans had "inherited the earth" and could look forward to a kind of golden age, the "Good Life after the Good War." But this good life-for all its genuine possibilities-was only accessible to some and was countered by racial tensions, the fear of communism and nuclear war, gender inequalities, and a rising consumer culture, among other problems and anxieties.World War, 1939-1945InfluenceUnited StatesCivilization1945-United StatesSocial conditions1945-United StatesSocial life and customs1945-1970Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945Influence.973.918Beidler Philip D986352MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462836103321The victory album2491269UNINA