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American History - 1950-1959 __ You will find articles about fads, culture demographics plus galleries and links to numerous resources about this period in American history. - illustrated - From Kingwood College Library - http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
The Brink's Robbery __ Learn how in 1950 a group of men committed what has been
called variously, the "crime of the century," the "perfect crime," and the
"fabulous Brink's robbery." - From The Vault -
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/4170/fbibrink.htm
Cinema History: The 1950s -- Focus on American Films __ A history and overview
of 1950s films. - From Robert E. Yahnke -
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~yahnk001/film/cinema4.htm
The Cold War and the 1950s __ read a lecture about American Foreign Policy in
the 1950s - From Stanley K. Schultz -
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture24.html
Documents Show CIA Had 'Hit Lists' in Guatemala in 1950s __ "The CIA, plotting
to overthrow the Guatemalan government in the 1950s, compiled "hit lists" and
began training Central American assassins to kill political and military
Communist leaders." Learn what happened, if anything. - From Mount Holyoke
College -
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/guatemal.htm
The Fifties __ ""Korea and Kruschev. I Like Ike, but Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
The Red Scare and ``Blue Suede Shoes.'' Peter Pan and the Kinsey Report. June
Clever and Joseph McCarthy. Edsel and Sputnik. Hula hoops and H-bombs." - Yep,
it's all there. - from Oak Ridge National Laboratories -
http://www.ornl.gov/info/swords/fifties.html
The Fifties: The Golden Age of Television __ The Fifties is known as the Golden
Age of Television largely because of the variety shows which dominated the early
part of the decade. Variety was to the early Fifties what the Western was to the
late Fifties. - illustrated - From fiftiesweb.com -
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/variety.htm
Fifties Website Home Page __ A great "generalist" website about the 1950s.
Articles and information about everything from TV to fashion. - illustrated -
From fiftiesweb.com -
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/
Literature & Culture of the American 1950s __ This is an extensive collection of
readings and links. - From University of Pennsylvania -
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
Media History Timeline: 1950s __ This site lists the important events in the
various media such as publishing, newspapers, musical performance, etc. - From
University of Minnesota. -
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/1950s.html
Mickey Mouse Club __ A brief overview of a 1950s icon. Do you still know the
words of the song? - illustrated - From fiftiesweb.com -
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/annette.htm
The Quiz Show Scandal __ Here is a look into the corruption of television
quiz-shows in the 1950s, and the impact it had on the TV business and a naive
America. - From PBS -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow/
Readings In The American 1950S __ You will find a large set of well-organized
links to resources related to the culture and politics of the 1950's. Lots of
primary materials and personal observations of the events and issues. - From
University of Pennsylvania -
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
The wonderful 50's project web-site __ This site covers many aspects of life in
the 50s, ranging from popular culture of the time to medical advances. From
Unknown -
http://www.geocities.com/projectfifties/fifties.html
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