02560oam 2200517 450 991078686180332120190911112720.01-78539-241-71-61925-180-9(OCoLC)844940492(MiFhGG)GVRL8GPI(EXLCZ)99267000000037022420131120h20132013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThis is who we were, in the 1950s /based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working American Series by Scott DerksAmenia, NY Grey House Publishingc2013Amenia, NY :Grey House Publishing,[2013]�20131 online resource (x, 443 pages) illustrations (some color), mapsGale eBooks"Our jobs - Our clothes - Our leisure - Our day to day - What we paid for rent & food - What we read - What we watched - What we ate - How we traveled - Plus: U.S. Census comparisons & rankings"--Cover.1-61925-179-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""ESSAY ON THE 1950s""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SECTION ONE: PROFILES""; ""SECTION TWO: HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT""; ""SECTION THREE: ECONOMY OF THE TIMES""; ""SECTION FOUR: ALL AROUND US""; ""SECTION FIVE: CENSUS DATA""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""This book explores American life in the 1950s through personal profiles of individuals and families and their lives at home, at work and in the community; lists of important "firsts" for America from technical advances and political events to new products and top selling books; economic data covering food, clothing, transportation, housing and other selected prices; reprints of newspaper and magazine articles, letters, posters; and 1950 Census summary and comparison data.Nineteen fiftiesUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-United StatesEconomic conditions1945-United StatesCivilization1945-United StatesHistory1945-1953United StatesHistory1953-1961United StatesSocial life and customs20th centuryNineteen fifties.330.973Derks Scott1475653Derks Scott1475653MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910786861803321This is who we were3689902UNINA