Popular Culture in the Fifties

In this book, Frank A. Salamone looks at the United States in the 1950s through its popular culture. He examines movies, transportation, television, advertising, music, fads, and all other aspects of the period. Its famous celebrities are placed in context and examined from that perspective. Popular Culture in the Fifties becomes a social history of the fifties, one which examines the culture with a loving but critical eye.

Preface

v

Acknowledgments

vii

Everyday America

1

(24)

World of Youth

25

(14)

Food

39

(12)

Travel and Transportation

51

(10)

Advertising

61

(12)

Fashion

73

(12)

Fads, Games, Toys, and Sports

85

(16)

Literature

101

(18)

Visual Arts

119

(14)

Architecture

133

(12)

Music

145

(18)

Performing Arts

163

(16)

Television

179

(18)

Appendix: Prices for Selected Items in the 1950s and Timeline of Events in Popular Culture

197

(10)

Index

207

(6)

Author's Biography

213

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