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Título: THE FIFTIES
Autor: HALBERSTAM, DAVID
Año: 1994
Género: HISTORIA Y MITOLOGÍA
Formato: EPUB

«The Fifties» is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and “Goody” Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill.

Exuberant and ambitious, «The Fifties» delves into a decade that remains a monumental and lasting turning point in American history.

Joe McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, The H-bomb, Ozzie and Harriet, Elvis. Civil rights. It's undeniable: «The Fifties» were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam's triumphant «The Fifties», which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald's expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as lively, graceful writer who makes you understand how much of our time was born in those years.

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