1953-1961

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.

Examines significant people and events in the history of the United States during the 1950s, covering disasters, entertainment, trends, politics, the arts, science and technology, sports, society, economy, fashion, and activities. Includes a time line, glossary, and photographs.

Presents personal letters, journals, and official documents that chronicle the history of the United States during the Cold War period between 1949 and 1969 and examines the presidencies of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson.

Discussion of the three mid-twentieth-century presidents who took the United States through the Cold War, the Cuban blockade, the civil rights movement, and into the Vietnam War.

Presents important people, places, and events in American history as well as focusing on social, political, and cultural factors specific to the United States during the period between 1959 and 1982.

Provides accounts of key events that occurred during the 1950s in the areas of science, technology, transportation, the economy, society, literature, art and architecture, fashion, stage and screen, music, sports and recreation, and war, and includes photographs and primary sources.

While grieving the death of her grandmother in 1959, teenager Anna is torn between her aspirations to study math in college and her family's expectations that she will marry and become a homemaker after high school.

Contains over six hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on topics, terms, people, and events of the 1950s in the United States and Canada, each with suggestions for further reading, and includes category, personage, photo, and subject indexes, as well as a time line, and other reference lists.