African American women were largely excluded from the idealized image of 1950s domesticity portrayed in popular culture. Most women who fantasize about going back to this decade are white ...

Popular names during the 1950s reflected both a respect for tradition and a fascination with popular culture. The top ten baby names for both boys and girls were largely unchanged from the ...

In 1950, they began a campaign called Akcja Zbierania Fokloru Muzycznego (Action to ... Over 1,500 musicians came to the capital to perform during this three-week event, organised by the Ministry of ...

Elsewhere, Poland’s 1950s also resounded with nostalgically-aged radio orchestras, and the country’s earliest rock and roll. In the 1950s, the devastation of World War II was still very much visible ...

meaning the end of what America saw in the 1950s: An unprecedented economic boom, the consolidation of the middle class, the emergence of mass consumer culture, and a protracted period of domestic ...