Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Through The Picture Window: Society And Culture, 1945-1960

Focus Questions

1. Why did the U.S. economy grow rapidly in the postwar period?
2. To what extent was conformity the main characteristic of society in the 1950s?
3. What was the image of the family in this period, and what was the reality?
4. What were the characteristics of the Beat generation?

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