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History 118: US History Since 1877

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The Change in American Life in Saint Clair, Pennsylvania in the 1950s

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Aidan Keillor
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By Aidan Keillor “So Great was the pent-up demand for houses, cars, washing machines, sofas, radios, sinks, and myriad other items large and small that had been unpurchased during the depression and unpurchasable during the war.” (H.W. Brands, American Dreams, p. 70) … Continue reading →

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Chasing the American Dream

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Chasing the American Dream by David Ndreca [NOTE:  Both the subject and the interviewer switch languages as per convenience, therefore, the transcript has been translated and appropriated.] “Immigrants dreamed the same dreams that immigrants always have–of opportunity in America for … Continue reading →

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The Korean War and the Years Following the Armistice

Posted on December 8, 2017 by
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Audio clip from phone interview with Joseph M. Micci Sr. “Oh, we were just watching the frontier and reinforcing the 38th parallel. They were assaulting once in a while and we would have to shoot at them and go back … Continue reading →

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America on the Home Front During the Early Cold War

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By: Jordan Forry H.W. Brands devotes three chapters of his book, American Dreams, to the early Cold War era. As the primary purpose of his book appears to be to provide an overview of modern American history in narrative form, … Continue reading →

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Baby Boom Brings Poverty: A Personal Account of Life’s Challenges in the 1950’s and 1960’s

Posted on May 21, 2015 by SASK
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By Kassidy Lesher “Poverty in the 1960’s is invisible and it is new, and both these factors make it more tenacious,” Michael Harrington proclaimed in his groundbreaking study, The Other America (1962), “It is more isolated and politically powerless than … Continue reading →

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The Hydrogen Bomb: Keeping Us Safe

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Patrick Meier
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By Patrick Meier My grandfather, Stephen Patrick Meier, participated in the creation of the deadliest weapon of its time.  One could say that the Cold War was fought not with guns, but with science and political maneuvering. H.W. Brands focuses on … Continue reading →

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Understanding US History Through Political TV Ads

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Matthew Pinsker
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The Living Room Candidate website, courtesy of the Museum of the Moving Image, has collected televised presidential campaign advertisements from 1952 to the present day. They offer a great window for understanding some key trends in US history since 1945. … Continue reading →

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Was the Fifties a Golden Age?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Matthew Pinsker
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H.W. Brands labels his chapter on the 1950s as “The Golden Age of the Middle Class,” but even Brands seems unsure how much to believe in this label.  Were the Fifties a “Golden Age,” or a new “Gilded Age,” or … Continue reading →

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