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50's
Postwar America
Chapter of the book: Outline of American History, on The Fifties.
Readings
In The American 1950S
Large set of well-organized links to resources related to the culture
and politics of the 1950's. Lots of primary materials and personal observations
of the events and issues.
The
Beat Begins
Online course resources for The Fifties, out of the University
of Minnesota. Includes sections on general information, plus Literary,
Music, Movies, Consumer Culture, Science and Technology, and more!
Literature
for The American 1950s
Extensive collection of links to articles, writings, photograps
and literature on and from the Fifties decade.
The
Howl/Drive Project
An examination of the poetry (Howl) and influences of a Fifties
"Beat Generation" poet, Allen Ginsberg, and compares it to a Nineties poet,
Mike Henry (Drive).
Literary
Kicks
All about the Fifties "Beat Generation" writers. An excellent collection
of links as part of an extended essay.
The Fifties: The
Golden Age of Television
The Fifties is known as the Golden Age of Television in large part
because of the variety shows which dominated the early part of the decade.
Variety was to the early Fifties what the Western was to the late Fifties.
The Fifties
Explores the culture of the Fifties Decade (music, TV, etc.).
Main
Events of the Eisenhower Presidency, 1953-61
A brief, but helpful timeline which identifies the major events
of this era.
The Fifties at
a Nuclear Laboratory
Glory Days is the title of this chapter in the life of Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, a nuclear laboratory, which is examined with respect
to American Culture of the decade of the Fifties.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The great man began his career in the 1950s. This page is a collection
of resources about his life and civil rights career.
Jazz: The
1950's - Records & Photography
An online exhibition on the great Jazz people of the Fifties! Lots
of pictures are included.
The Music of the Fifties
The music that was popular to the people of the Fifties is celebrated
and examined here.
Grease:
Fads & Fashion
Fifties fads and fashions are outlined by the Grease stage musical.
Ball of Fire
Dedicated to the noted movie actress, Barbara Stanwyck.
Media History
Project Timelines
"Browse key events in media history by era, century, or decade.
The buttons at the top of each page are "clickable" and specify where you
are in the timeline. Just click on a button to see that period."
The
Tube: The Federal Communication Commission
How Television is viewed by those who watch those who are supposed
to oversee it, the FCC. Includes a bit of history of the medium, with links
to related information.
US Labor
History 1950s
Major events timeline in labor relations during the 1950s.
Cold War & Soviet Union Resources
Library
of Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit
Two exhibits:
1) "Internal Workings of the Soviet System", covers internal politics
and aspects of Soviet reality that were hidden or falsified in official
propaganda.
2) "The Soviet Union and the United States", shows how Soviet-American
relations were conducted between governments, between the publics of the
two countries, and between the Communist parties of the USSR and the USA.
CAIN: Conflict Archive
on the Internet
A clearinghouse for information on international conflicts.
Joseph Stalin
A key person in Soviet and Communist History.
Stalin,
Willi Munzenburg, and the Seduction of the Intellectuals
A book review about Communist subversion of the West.
Repression
and Terror: Stalin in Control
In the 1920s, Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute
power by employing police repression against opposition elements within
the Communist Party.
Cold War
Hot Links:
Many Web reources relating to the Cold War
Cold
War: Postwar Estrangement
The postwar split examined.
Cuba
History Archives
Lots of information about Cuba, from the Communist Revolution onward,
both the U.S. and Cuban viewpoints.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Audio (and other) files from the McCarthy Era and the Cold War.
McCarthyism
essay
A brief introduction to McCarthyism.
The
Impact of McCarthyism
What happened to those who were "different".
An Air Force
for Crises and Lesser Conflicts
An official government sponsored report.
National
Guard in the Post-Cold War Era
An official government sponsored report.
Military Strategy
and Force Posture
An official government sponsored report.
Deterring
Regional Aggressors
An official government sponsored report.
U.S. and Japan
After the Cold War
An official government sponsored report.
Human Radiation Experiments
Report on U.S. military secret use of civilians for experiments.
Intelligence and
CounterIntelligence
How spying played a big part in the Cold War.
city.net South
Korea
Current information about South Korea.
city.net North
Korea
Current information about North Korea.
Country Studies
Government manuals on Asian countries and elsewhere.
Eyewitness: A
Korean Remembers
One person's account of the war, causes and effects.
Korean War Project
Links to information about the Korean War and aftereffects.
Korean War
History
Links related to the history of the Korean War.
Nuclear Weapons & Nuclear War Resources
Todd's
Atomic Homepage
A huge collection of links to all things nuclear.
Decision: Hiroshima-Nagasaki
How it was decided to drop The Bomb.
Leo Szilard
Home Page
An anti-Bomb physicist shares secret information.
Nagasaki
Journey
A photo essay on the atomic bomb blast at Nagasaki, Japan.
Enola
Gay
The aircraft that dropped The A-Bomb is memorialized.
T R A C E S
A place to learn about radiation effects.
Becoming
Death: FilmNotes
Film series: Cinema & the Atomic Age.
Fifty From
Trinity
Links to events of the development of the nuclear age.
Atomic
Age at 50
Experts reflect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aftermath and future.
Bureau of Atomic
Tourism
Visit sites where A-weapons have been exploded.
Radiation Effects Research
Information about medical effects of radiation on humans.
New
Nuclear Infrastructure
Report to the government on nuclear presence.
Reducing
Nuclear Danger
U.S. Department of Energy planning document.
The U.S.
Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project
True cost of atomic weapons is estimated.
Executive
Summary: Atomic Costs
The government's asssessment of nuclear costs.
Atomic Audit
Cost of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Nuclear Weapons:
Effects and Survival
Pictures and sound files.
Eliminating
Weapons of Mass Destruction
How it might be done.
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