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The Fabulous Fifties
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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August 20, 2019
As reported by THE NEW YORK TIMES.
One of a series of terrific books published by NY Times publishing arm Arno Press in the 1970s.
To all who are fascinated and intrigued by newspaper front pages from a particular era, this is ideal fodder.
256 large size pages filled with replicas of the most famous front pages of the decade 1950-1959 as seen through the publishing eyes of the renowned newspaper. A unique study of the decade as reported when the events happened.
Interspersed with the news coverage are more than 300 black and white photos highlighting all the major events and personalities of the era with a heavy emphasis on movies, theatre and television.
Time to rediscover the vitality and the complexity of those turbulent ten years - the fads, the stars, the tragedies, the history-making moments and trends including:
-- Truman and MacArthur.
-- The Korean War.
-- McCarthyism.
-- The Eisenhower Years.
-- Rosenbergs executed.
-- The Civil Rights Movement and the emergence of Dr Martin Luther King.
-- High Court bans school segregation.
-- Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnamese defeat the French.
-- The death of Stalin & the rise of Krushchev.
-- Soviet troops in Hungary.
-- Sputnik.
-- Elizabeth II is crowned.
-- Tensions between Israel and Egypt.
-- Alaska becomes 49th. state.
-- Television develops into an American way of life.
-- 3-D movies and Cinerama.
-- The election of de Gaulle and resentment in Algeria.
-- Batista and regime flee as Castro liberates Cuba.
-- Jack Kerouac and The Beat Generation.
-- Elvis Presley, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Paul Anka.
Just a few snippets of enthralling reading from selected pages of The New York Times.
One of a series of terrific books published by NY Times publishing arm Arno Press in the 1970s.
To all who are fascinated and intrigued by newspaper front pages from a particular era, this is ideal fodder.
256 large size pages filled with replicas of the most famous front pages of the decade 1950-1959 as seen through the publishing eyes of the renowned newspaper. A unique study of the decade as reported when the events happened.
Interspersed with the news coverage are more than 300 black and white photos highlighting all the major events and personalities of the era with a heavy emphasis on movies, theatre and television.
Time to rediscover the vitality and the complexity of those turbulent ten years - the fads, the stars, the tragedies, the history-making moments and trends including:
-- Truman and MacArthur.
-- The Korean War.
-- McCarthyism.
-- The Eisenhower Years.
-- Rosenbergs executed.
-- The Civil Rights Movement and the emergence of Dr Martin Luther King.
-- High Court bans school segregation.
-- Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnamese defeat the French.
-- The death of Stalin & the rise of Krushchev.
-- Soviet troops in Hungary.
-- Sputnik.
-- Elizabeth II is crowned.
-- Tensions between Israel and Egypt.
-- Alaska becomes 49th. state.
-- Television develops into an American way of life.
-- 3-D movies and Cinerama.
-- The election of de Gaulle and resentment in Algeria.
-- Batista and regime flee as Castro liberates Cuba.
-- Jack Kerouac and The Beat Generation.
-- Elvis Presley, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Paul Anka.
Just a few snippets of enthralling reading from selected pages of The New York Times.
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