The 1950s decade in photos "the American decade"
"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1950-1959"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Corrigan, Jim. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley Heights, NJ :
Enslow Publishers,
c2010.
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| Series: |
Amazing decades in photos
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Table of Contents:
- Welcome to the 1950s
- Fighting erupts in Korea
- McCarthy fuels the Red Scare
- Tuning in to television
- U.S. forces land at Inchon
- Here come the baby boomers
- China enters the Korean War
- The Rosenbergs are executed
- Truman fires MacArthur
- Gaining independence
- Korean War ends in a draw
- Rise of the Beat Generation
- Medical marvels
- Rosa Parks fights segregation
- Hitting the highways
- The Suez Crisis
- Rock 'n roll
- Sputnik launches the space race
- Castro seizes power in Cuba
- Golden age of science fiction.