The Fifties

The Fifties
ISBN-10
0449909336
ISBN-13
9780449909331
Series
The Fifties
Category
History
Pages
800
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Author
David Halberstam

Description

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s, from McCarthy to I Love Lucy. Reprint.

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