"An examination of the legacy of modernism as a cultural movement and propaganda tool during the Cold War and the 1950s in America" ... Provided by publisher.
"This critical text examines in ideological terms eleven writers who published under Anticipation, an imprint of Fleuve Noir, specializing in science fiction. Careful analysis reveals the way these writers criticized mid-century notions of progress while adapting and reworking A…
Covering the period from the interwar years through the arrival of the steamship SS Empire Windrush from Jamaica in 1948 and culminating in the period of decolonization in the British Caribbean by the early 1970s, this project situates the development of networks of communicatio…
An examination of the so-called Contemporary style that dominated architecture and design from the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. It shows the trends in taste and interior design at a time of economic regeneration that affected not only people's homes but public buildings.
Framing the fifties: cinema in a divided germany
by Davidson, John E., Hake, Sabine
fromFilm Europa
The demise of the New German Cinema and the return of popular cinema since the 1990s have led to a renewed interest in the postwar years and the complicated relationship between East and West German cinema in particular. A survey of the 1950s, as offered here for the first time,…