American Postwar Consumer Economy
Cold War and the Postwar Recovery (1945-1970)
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Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
More is Better
After World War II, Americans often associate the 1950s with a series of powerful cultural symbols: the "American Dream", which meant a home in the suburbs, job security in a large corporation, and a new car every few years.
Postwar Boom | Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
During the 1940s U.S. business was dominated by preparation for World War II (1939–1945), by the war itself, and in the late years of the decade by the Cold War. By the end of the decade Americans saw the positive effect the war had on the U.S. economy and realized that they had never had it so good.
Postwar Conformity and the Seeds of Dissent in the 1950s
World War II gave Americans an unprecedented era of affluence, technological growth, leisure, and opportunities for education and research. Out of this came four new factors pressuring people to conform, and especially to spend more to keep the consumer economy growing: modern advertising, television, credit cards, and babies.
The Cold War: Postwar Prosperity and Consumerism
The Post War Economy: 1945-1960
Many Americans feared that the end of World War II and the subsequent drop in military spending might bring back the hard times of the Great Depression. But instead, pent-up consumer demand fueled exceptionally strong economic growth in the postwar period
The Postwar Economy with Companion Document
How did advances in the post war economy contribute to the 1950's value of conformity?
Toward a New History of the Postwar Economy
U.S. History II: Postwar America | Cliff’s Notes
With a monopoly on the atomic bomb and an economy fortified by World War II, the United States in 1945 was the strongest nation in the world. The country demobilized quickly, and Americans were determined to enjoy the fruits of peace after years of depression and wartime sacrifice. The end of the war did not initiate retreat from international responsibilities, as it had after World War I, however.
United States History - The Postwar Economy: 1945-1960
As the Cold War unfolded in the decade and a half after World War II, the United States experienced phenomenal economic growth. The war brought the return of prosperity, and in the postwar period the United States consolidated its position as the world's richest country.
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