DELIBERATE SPEEDWas the decade of te 1950s really the void that its critics have insisted? Examining the art, ideas movements, technological innovations, and distinctive lore the fifties, W.T. Lhamon, Jr., answers no and shows how citizens in and out of power all sped deliberately toward a new cultural shape of their own making. |
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Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s W. T. Lhamon Limited preview - 2002 |
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