Can I read The Fifties on EtoBox?

The Fifties by Peter Lewis. -- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Fifties about?

From The Publisher: This Is An Attempt To Chronicle The Decade Which Began With Postwar Austerity, Saw The Exploding Of The H-bomb, The Popularization Of Television And The Emergence Of Teenagers And Concluded With Ventures Into Space And The Beginnings Of The Affluent Society. The Book Covers This Period Of Major Rebellion Against Existing Attitudes To Sex, Class, Authority And Good Taste, The Time Of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Burgess And Maclean And The Angry Young Men As Well As Of Krushchev, Castro And Suez. From Austerity To Affluence -- A Woman's Place -- The Cold War -- The Bomb -- The Man From Moscow -- Youthquake -- Shedding The White Man's Burden -- The Establishment Loses Face -- The Taste Of The Time -- Television Opens Its Doors -- Retrospect And Prospect -- Chronology. By Peter Lewis. Includes Index.

Who reads The Fifties?

Author

Peter Lewis. --

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780397013555

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

3 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14