nineteen fifties

Presents a pictorial history of the people and events around the world during the 1950s including the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the atomic age and the Cold War, fashions, films, and rock and roll, and much more.

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.

Traces changes in fashion during the 40s and 50s including military styles, utility clothes, Dior glamour, and the modernist look.

Contains excerpts from memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and other primary sources that provide eyewitness reports on the 1950s in America; and features introductory essays, chronologies, period illustrations and photographs, and brief biographies of key individuals.

Discusses the fashions of the 1950s, including women's and men's clothing and hairstyles, accessories, trends and fads, and world events that influenced the fashion.

A chronology of the 1950s, including world headlines, news, sports, the arts, and science and technology. Includes a time chart and biographical notes on important people of the time.

Journalist Daniel Quinn meets Ernest Hemingway at a bar in Havana, Cuba, in 1957, and his writing style and life are radically changed in ways that carry Quinn through the next ten years as he witnesses violence, revolutions, and the darkest facets of human nature.

Chronicles political, social, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the 1950s in the U.S.

Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1950s, including science, technology, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.