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The Fifties two ways of life and two literary takes
A British journalist surveys the 1950s on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing affluence and austerity, suburbia, family roles, and rising feminism, while contrasting cultural icons from Monroe to Dulles. The piece reviews James Aldridge Goodbye Un America and Chuck Kinder The Silver Ghost as windows on the era’s tensions and legacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happ
Peter Lewis
America
Britain
Amerca
JB Priestly
Jackson Pollock
Lewis
James Aldridge
Kit Quayle
Aldridge
Lester Terrada
Pip Lovell
Terrada
Lovell
House Un-American Activities Committee
Pip
Chuck Kinder
Peter Lewie
Lippincott
Odove Un-America
James Aldndgearu
Harcourt Erlovenovich