The 1950s turned American cars into rolling monuments, stretching sheet metal, horsepower, and chrome to extravagant new extremes. Size and power became status symbols, and designers treated every ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kogan notes that cat-eye sunglasses — a statement-making style for specs in the 1950s — are back in fashion. These days, it's ...

The 1950s are often remembered as America's golden age - a time of booming prosperity, growing suburbs, technological ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...

These rock songs from the 1950s mean so much more when you listen to them with a group of friends; at least ones that don't mind a throwback.

See how young adults in the 1950s had fun, from drive-in movies and diners to roller rinks, bowling alleys, dances, and amusement parks.

James Stewart looks through his camera in a scene form the film 'Rear Window', 1954. ( The 1950s were the last full decade of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Hollywood filmmakers weren’t the only ones ...

Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. Introduction.: THE UNFOLDMENT OF THE COLD WAR IN THE 1950s Introduction.: THE ...

While the 1950s sparked a downturn in general “independent adventure” for kids, according to research professor Peter Gray, largely because of the introduction of television, adult-led sports, and the ...

A decade of contradictions: infinite hope for the future coupled with fear of powerful enemies. That is the 1950s, a time of war and then of post-war prosperity. Rock and roll was evolving from rhythm ...