civilization

Examines Western culture from 1500 to the end of the twentieth century, showing decadence to be a normal part of historical cycles, and challenging commonly held views of European and world history.

Contains over 550 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the politics, economics, law, society, environment, arts, and culture of post-World War IIAmerica, each with a bibliography, and includes sidebars, a decade-by-decade look at cultural landmarks since 1945, a glossary of key terms, and three indexes.

A decade-by-decade exploration of American life in the twentieth century, looking at key people, events, and topics in the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.

The author presents anecdotes from and reflections on his travels through Great Britain, covering such places as Dover, London, the Cotswolds, Oxford, Manchester, and Liverpool.

Examines some of the significant changes that took place in American society during the 1960s, and looks at specific aspects of the decade's popular culture including advertising, architecture, fashion, food, leisure activities, literature, music, performing and visual arts, and travel.

Presents overviews of daily life, youth, and ten aspects of popular culture--advertising, architecture and design, fashion, food and drink, leisure, literature, music, performing arts, travel and recreation, and visual arts--in the 1950s, and includes a list of product prices from that decade and a further reading list.