Queer 1950s

Queer 1950s

Author: H. Bauer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-10-15

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1137264713

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Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies.


Rethinking the 1950s

Rethinking the 1950s

Author: Jennifer A. Delton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-10-07

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1107011809

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Jennifer A. Delton argues that, far from subverting the New Deal state, anticommunism and the Cold War enabled, fulfilled, and even surpassed the New Deal's reform agenda. Anticommunism solidified liberal political power and the Cold War justified liberal goals such as jobs creation, corporate regulation, economic redevelopment, and civil rights.


Rethinking a Lot

Rethinking a Lot

Author: Eran Ben-Joseph

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780262527545

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As the number of passenger cars in the world increases daily, so too does Earth's supply of parking spaces. In some cities, parking lots cover more than one-third of the metropolitan footprint--but their design and function has not been rethought since the 1950s. Here, urban designer Eran Ben-Joseph shares a different vision for parking's future--aesthetically pleasing, environmentally and architecturally responsible. He provides a visual history of this often-ignored urban space, introducing us to some of the many alternative and nonparking purposes that parking lots have served. He shows us parking lots that are lushly planted with trees and flowers and beautifully integrated with the rest of the built environment. With purposeful design, Ben-Joseph argues, parking lots could be significant public places, contributing as much to their communities as great boulevards, parks, or plazas.--From publisher description.


Liberty and Justice for All?

Liberty and Justice for All?

Author: Kathleen G. Donohue

Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 155849913X

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A wide-ranging exploration of the culture of American politics in the early decades of the Cold War


Rethinking Cold War Culture

Rethinking Cold War Culture

Author: Peter J. Kuznick

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2013-04-09

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1588344150

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This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values. By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex. This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.


Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement

Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement

Author: Yohuru Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1135980683

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The African American struggle for civil rights in the twentieth century is one of the most important stories in American history. With all the information available, however, it is easy for even the most enthusiastic reader to be overwhelmed. In Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement, Yohuru Williams has synthesized the complex history of this period into a clear and compelling narrative. Considering both the Civil Rights and Black Power movements as distinct but overlapping elements of the Black Freedom struggle, Williams looks at the impact of the struggle for Black civil rights on housing, transportation, education, labor, voting rights, culture, and more, and places the activism of the 1950s and 60s within the context of a much longer tradition reaching from Reconstruction to the present day. Exploring the different strands within the movement, key figures and leaders, and its ongoing legacy, Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement is the perfect introduction for anyone seeking to understand the struggle for Black civil rights in America.


Vietnam

Vietnam

Author: Martin Gainsborough

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1848139071

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Vietnam: Rethinking the State offers an exciting and up-to-date look at the politics of this fascinating country as it seeks to make the transition from war-torn economic backwater to a dynamic and modern society. The book argues for a move away from the commonly associated idea of 'reform', arguing for a deeper understanding of the concept and questioning the idea of state-retreat. The result is a path-breaking book which gets beneath the surface of Vietnam's politics in a way which few outsiders otherwise could.


Shaky Ground

Shaky Ground

Author: Alice Echols

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780231106702

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Rethinking the New Left

Rethinking the New Left

Author: V. Gosse

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1403980144

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Gosse, one of the foremost historians of the American postwar left, has crafted an engaging and concise synthetic history of the varied movements and organizations that have been placed under the broad umbrella known as the New Left. As one reader notes, gosse 'has accomplished something difficult and rare, if not altogether unique, in providing a studied and moving account of the full array of protest movements - from civil rights and Black Power, to student and antiwar protest, to women's and gay liberation, to Native American, Asian American, and Puerto Rican activism - that defined the American sixties as an era of powerfully transformative rebellions...His is a 'big-tent' view that shows just how rich and varied 1960s protest was.' In contrast to most other accounts of this subject, the SDS and white male radicals are taken out of the center of the story and placed more toward its margins. A prestigious project from a highly respected historian, The New Left in the United States, 1955-1975 will be a must-read for anyone interested in American politics of the postwar era.


The Other Blacklist

The Other Blacklist

Author: Mary Washington

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0231152701

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Revealing the formative influence of 1950s leftist radicalism on African American literature and culture.