LEADER 02560oam 2200517 450 001 9910786861803321 005 20190911112720.0 010 $a1-78539-241-7 010 $a1-61925-180-9 035 $a(OCoLC)844940492 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8GPI 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000370224 100 $a20131120h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThis is who we were, in the 1950s /$fbased on material from Grey House Publishing's Working American Series by Scott Derks 210 $aAmenia, NY $cGrey House Publishing$dc2013 210 1$aAmenia, NY :$cGrey House Publishing,$d[2013] 210 4$d?2013 215 $a1 online resource (x, 443 pages) $cillustrations (some color), maps 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $a"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. 311 $a1-61925-179-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aNineteen fifties 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1945-1953 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1953-1961 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 615 0$aNineteen fifties. 676 $a330.973 700 $aDerks$b Scott$01475653 701 $aDerks$b Scott$01475653 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786861803321 996 $aThis is who we were$93689902 997 $aUNINA