Table of Contents
Fifties in America Table of Contents A Abstract expressionism, 1 Academy Awards, 4 Acheson, Dean, 11 Actors Studio, 12 Adams, Sherman, 14 Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The, 14 Adventures of Superman, The, 15 Advertising, 17 Affluence and the new consumerism, 24 Affluent Society, The, 27 AFL-CIO merger, 28 African Americans, 29 Agriculture in Canada, 34 Agriculture in the United States, 36 Ailey, Alvin, Jr., 40 Air pollution, 42 Aircraft design and development, 43 Alaska statehood, 45 American Bandstand, 47 American Dream, 49 Amos and Andy, 50 Andrea Doria sinking, 52 Antarctic Treaty of 1959, 53 Archaeology, 55 Architecture, 57 Armour, Richard, 62 Army-McCarthy hearings, 63 Around the World in Eighty Days, 65 Art movements, 66 Asian Americans, 68 Asian flu epidemic, 73 Astronomy, 74 Atlas Shrugged, 77 Atomic bomb, 78 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 79 Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., 80 Automobiles and auto manufacturing, 81 Avro Arrow, 84 B B-52 bomber, 86 Baby boomers, 87 Banks, Ernie, 88 Barbie dolls, 89 Bardot, Brigitte, 90 Barkley, Alben W., 91 Baseball, 92 Baseball's exemption from antitrust laws, 97 Basketball, 97 Basketball point-shaving scandal, 100 Beat generation, 102 Belafonte, Harry, 105 Bellow, Saul, 106 Bell's swim across Lake Ontario, 107 Ben-Hur, 108 Bennington explosion, 109 Berle, Milton, 110 Bernstein, Leonard, 111 Berra, Yogi, 111 Berry, Chuck, 112 Betty Crocker cookbooks, 113 Birth control, 113 Blackboard Jungle, 116 Boeing 707, 117 Bolling v. Sharpe, 118 Bomb shelters, 118 Book publishing, 120 Boone, Pat, 123 Bowden, Don, 124 Bowles, Chester, 124 Bowling, 125 Bracero program, 126 Bradley, Omar, 127 Brando, Marlon, 128 Brinkmanship, 129 Brink's robbery, 130 British Empire Games, 130 Broadway musicals, 132 Brown, Jim, 133 Brown v.
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