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Bad Old Days - The Myth of the 1950s (Paperback)
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For many, especially those on the political left, the 1950s are the
"bad old days." The widely accepted list of what was allegedly
wrong with that decade includes the Cold War, McCarthyism, racial
segregation, self-satisfied prosperity, and empty materialism. The
failings are coupled with ignoring poverty and other social
problems, complacency, conformity, the suppression of women, and
puritanical attitudes toward sex. In all, the conventional wisdom
sees the decade as bland and boring, with commonly accepted people
paralyzed with fear of war, Communism, or McCarthyism, or all
three. Alan J. Levine, shows that the commonly accepted picture of
the 1950s is flawed. It distorts a critical period of American
history. That distortion seems to be dictated by an ideological
agenda, including an emotional obsession with a sentimentalized
version of the 1960s that in turn requires maintaining a
particular, misleading view of the post-World War II era that
preceded it. Levine argues that a critical view of the 1950s is
embedded in an unwillingness to realistically evaluate the
evolution of American society since the 1960s. Many--and not only
liberals and those further to the left--desperately desire to avoid
seeing, or admitting, just how badly many things have gone in the
United States since the 1960s. Bad Old Days shows that the
conventional view of the 1950s stands in opposition to the reality
of the decade. Far from being the dismal prelude to a glorious
period of progress, the postwar period of the late 1940s and 1950s
was an era of unprecedented progress and prosperity. This era was
then derailed by catastrophic political and economic misjudgments
and a drastic shift in the national ethos that contributed nothing,
or less than nothing, to a better world.
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Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2017 |
First published: |
2008 |
Authors: |
Alan J Levine
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
179 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-50750-0 |
Categories: |
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Humanities >
History >
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General
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LSN: |
1-138-50750-4 |
Barcode: |
9781138507500 |
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