James Olson has been chair of the history department at Sam Houston State University since 1988. Recipient of the university's Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research awards in past years, Dr. Olson last year was named Distinguished Professor, the highest academic rank in the university. He currently teaches courses on the Vietnam War, World War II, and a variety of other topics in twentieth-century American history.\n\nDr. Olson is the author, co-author, or editor of over twenty books, including THE ETHNIC DIMENSION IN U.S. HISTORY; SAVING CAPITALISM: THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE NEW DEAL, 1933-1940; CATHOLIC IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA; WINNING IS THE ONLY THING: SPORTS IN AMERICA SINCE 1945; and WHERE THE DOMINO FELL: AMERICAN AND VIETNAM, 1945 to 1990. His most recent book, JOHN WAYNE: AMERICAN, co-authored with Randy Roberts, has attracted major public as well as scholarly attention and recently won the National Book Award of the Popular Culture Association. He is currently finishing a history of breast cancer.
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Volume
Copyright
2000
ISBN13
9780313032356
Release
Format
eBook
Grade Level
9th Grade - College Senior
DDC
TBD
Overview
Includes essays about the prominent people, issues, scandals, fads, events, ideas, films, radio and television programs, and court cases of the decade.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
1: The Abbott and Costello Show.
2: Acheson, Dean.
3: The Adventures of Ellery Queen.
4: The Adventures of Kit Carson.
5: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
6: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.
7: The Adventures of Robin Hood.
8: The Adventures of Superman.
9: The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok.
10: The Affluent Society.
11: AFL-CIO.
12: Airline Industry.
13: The Aldrich Family.
14: Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
15: Algeria.
16: Allen v. Merrill (1957).
17: American Bandstand.
18: American Communications Association v. Douds (1950).
19: American Friends of Vietnam.
20: Amos ’n’ Andy.
21: And God Created Woman.
22: Andrea Doria.
23: Anka, Paul.
24: Annie Oakley.
25: Antarctic Treaty of 1959.
26: Arden, Eve.
27: The Arthur Murray Party.
28: Asian Flu.
29: Atomic Bomb.
30: Auntie Mame.
31: Automobile Industry.
32: Avalon, Frankie.
33: Baby Boom.
34: Bachelor Father.
35: Baghdad Pact.
36: Baldwin, James.
37: Beat the Clock.
38: Beats.
39: Bellow, Saul.
40: Benedetto, Anthony Dominick (Tony Bennett).
41: Ben-Hur.
42: Benny Hooper Incident.
43: Bergen, Edgar.
44: Bernstein, Leonard.
45: Berry, Chuck.
46: Betsy McCall Doll.
47: Beulah.
48: The Big Show.
49: The Big Story.
50: Big Town.
51: The Blackboard Jungle.
52: The Blob.
53: Bob and Ray.
54: The Bob Cummings Show.
55: Bogart, Humphrey.
56: Bomb Shelters.
57: Bonanza.
58: Bond, James.
59: Boone, Pat.
60: Boston Blackie.
61: Boston Celtics.
62: Brando, Marlon.
63: Break the Bank.
64: Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick.
65: Brennan, William.
66: Bridge on the River Kwai.
67: Brink’s Robbery.
68: Broken Arrow.
69: Brooklyn Dodgers.
70: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954).
