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Abundance and Anxiety: America, 1945-1960
Contributor(s): Donaldson, Gary a. (Author)
ISBN: 027595773X     ISBN-13: 9780275957735
Publisher: Praeger
OUR PRICE:   $94.05  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 1997
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Annotation: The United States had tremendous opportunities after World War II. The nation's industrial might, geared to defeat Germany and Japan, could now be focused on domestic production. Real wages were up, the GNP was on the rise, industrial production was up, and inflation was under control. The future looked bright for the average American. But this abundance was punctuated with anxiety. Within four years of the end of the war, the Soviet Union had become the new enemy: they had the bomb and China and Eastern Europe had fallen into the Soviet sphere of influence. These two points, the abundance of the growing economy and the anxiety of the Cold War, defined the period from 1945-1960.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Social Science
- History | Americas (north Central South West Indies)
Dewey: 973.918
LCCN: 96043873
Lexile Measure: 1320
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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The United States had tremendous opportunities after World War II. The nation's industrial might, geared to defeat Germany and Japan, could now be focused on domestic production. Real wages were up, the GNP was on the rise, industrial production was up, and inflation was under control. The future looked bright for the average American. But this abundance was punctuated with anxiety. Within four years of the end of the war, the Soviet Union had become the new enemy: they had the bomb and China and Eastern Europe had fallen into the Soviet sphere of influence. These two points, the abundance of the growing economy and the anxiety of the Cold War, defined the period from 1945-1960.