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The 50s The Story Of A Decade

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Author : The New Yorker Magazine
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-10-27

The 50s The Story Of A Decade written by The New Yorker Magazine and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with History categories.

This engrossing anthology assembles classic New Yorker pieces from a complex era enshrined in the popular imagination as the decade of poodle skirts and Cold War paranoia—featuring contributions from Philip Roth, John Updike, Nadine Gordimer, and Adrienne Rich, along with fresh analysis of the 1950s by some of today’s finest writers. The New Yorker was there in real time, chronicling the tensions and innovations that lay beneath the era’s placid surface. In this thrilling volume, classic works of reportage, criticism, and fiction are complemented by new contributions from the magazine’s present all-star lineup of writers. The magazine’s commitment to overseas reporting flourished in the 1950s, leading to important dispatches from East Berlin, the Gaza Strip, and Cuba during the rise of Castro. Closer to home, the fight to break barriers and establish a new American identity led to both illuminating coverage, as in a portrait of Thurgood Marshall at an NAACP meeting in Atlanta, and trenchant commentary, as in E. B. White’s blistering critique of Senator Joe McCarthy. The arts scene is recalled in critical writing rarely reprinted, including Wolcott Gibbs on My Fair Lady, Anthony West on Invisible Man, and Philip Hamburger on Candid Camera. Also featured are great early works from Philip Roth and Nadine Gordimer, as well as startling poems by Theodore Roethke and Anne Sexton, among others. Completing the panoply are insightful and entertaining new pieces by present-day New Yorker contributors examining the 1950s through contemporary eyes. The result is a vital portrait of American culture as only one magazine in the world could do it. Including contributions by Elizabeth Bishop • Truman Capote • John Cheever • Roald Dahl • Janet Flanner • Nadine Gordimer • A. J. Liebling • Dwight Macdonald • Joseph Mitchell • Marianne Moore • Vladimir Nabokov • Sylvia Plath • V. S. Pritchett • Adrienne Rich • Lillian Ross • Philip Roth • Anne Sexton • James Thurber • John Updike • Eudora Welty • E. B. White • Edmund Wilson And featuring new perspectives by Jonathan Franzen • Malcolm Gladwell • Adam Gopnik • Elizabeth Kolbert • Jill Lepore • Rebecca Mead • Paul Muldoon • Evan Osnos • David Remnick Praise for The 50s “Superb: a gift that keeps on giving.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “[A] magnificent anthology.”—Literary Review

The New Yorker Book Of The 50s

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Author : The New Yorker Magazine
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-10-29

The New Yorker Book Of The 50s written by The New Yorker Magazine and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-29 with Social Science categories.

The 1950s are enshrined in the popular imagination as the decade of poodle skirts and “I Like Ike.” But this was also a complex time, in which the afterglow of Total Victory firmly gave way to Cold War paranoia. A sense of trepidation grew with the Suez Crisis and the H-bomb tests. At the same time, the fifties marked the cultural emergence of extraordinary new energies, like those of Thelonious Monk, Sylvia Plath and Tennessee Williams. The New Yorker was there in real time, chronicling the tensions and innovations that lay beneath the era’s placid surface. In this thrilling volume, classic works of reportage, criticism, and fiction are complemented by new contributions from the magazine’s present all-star line-up of writers, including Jonathan Franzen, Malcolm Gladwell, and Jill Lepore. Here are indelible accounts of the decade’s most exciting players: Truman Capote on Marlon Brando as a pampered young star; Berton Roueché on Jackson Pollock in his first flush of fame. Ernest Hemingway, Emily Post, Bobby Fischer, and Leonard Bernstein are also brought to vivid life in these pages. Among the audacious young writers who began publishing in the fifties was one who would become a stalwart for the magazine for fifty-five years: John Updike. Also featured here are great early works from Philip Roth and Nadine Gordimer, as well as startling poems by Theodore Roethke and Anne Sexton. Completing the panoply are insightful and entertaining new pieces by present day New Yorker contributors examining the 1950s through contemporary eyes.

The 50s The Story Of A Decade

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Author : The New Yorker Magazine
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2016-07-05

The 50s The Story Of A Decade written by The New Yorker Magazine and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-05 with History categories.

Stuff We Had In The 50s And 60s

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Author : Pam Van Der Kooy
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2019

Stuff We Had In The 50s And 60s written by Pam Van Der Kooy and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.

Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. For those growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s, this book will bring back those beautiful memories of freedom, imagination, mateship, communication and innocence.

Lifestyle Illustration Of The 50s

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Author : Rian Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
Release Date : 2013

Lifestyle Illustration Of The 50s written by Rian Hughes and has been published by Carlton Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Graphic arts categories.

An enthralling overview of the astonishing artistic skill of the leading lifestyle illustrators of the period, Lifestyle Illustration of the 1950s reveals the changing social aspirations of the post-war generation and their growing optimism for the future. Featuring over 1,000 beautiful and stylistically diverse illustrations, this volume charts the decade's progression as the new younger generation emerged from post-war austerity to shape a new, more aspirational culture. From stylish and urbane young couples in romantic clinches to professional men and women exploring their new-found affluence and growing independence, this book provides an unsurpassed insight into the changing styles, fashions, dreams and social mores of the Fifties. The Fifties was an era of forward-looking optimism, and the hopes and desires of these postwar years were elegantly captured in the stunning artwork of the period. Lifestyle Illustration of the 1950s is an extensive gallery of spectacular rediscovered and restored artwork by the most talented graphic artists of the day. An informative introduction explores places this long overlooked art form within the wider social context of the period, and in the process reveals how much our lifestyles have changed over the intervening years.

The American Dream

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Author : Time-Life Books
language : en
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Release Date : 1998

The American Dream written by Time-Life Books and has been published by Time Life Medical this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.

Examines the politics, suburbia, automobiles, art and entertainment, cold war, television, and sports of the 1950s.

The Fifties

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Author : David Halberstam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

The Fifties written by David Halberstam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Business & Economics categories.

The author reports the social, political, economic and cultural history of the ten years of the fifties that he regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today.

Remember The 50s

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Author : Patricia Massó
language : en
Publisher: Tectum
Release Date : 2010

Remember The 50s written by Patricia Massó and has been published by Tectum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Nineteen fifties categories.

The Petticoats and Cadillacs, Tupperware and Coca-Cola? Prepare yourself for an amazing journey into the past. Remember the '50s presents products of daily life, innovations in science, technology, and art which have influenced the lifestyle of a whole generation.

Born In The 50s

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Author : Jane Maple
language : en
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15

Born In The 50s written by Jane Maple and has been published by Arcturus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.

Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1950s, a time when everybody knew their neighbours, kids made their own fun playing out on the streets, and pram racing and roller skating were all the rage.

Movies Of The 50s

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Author : Jürgen Müller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Movies Of The 50s written by Jürgen Müller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Film criticism categories.

Examines the most important films of the 50s.

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