University:
York University
Course:
HIST 2600 | United States History
Academic year:

2018
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421

Pages:

2
Author:

Nick T.

Chapter 29. After the war, people weren't afraid of another great depres- Sion. Initially, Factories couldn't keep up with the demand for automobiles and other goods. Goods of Prosperity: kitchen Appliances, automobiles, and TV. The Cold War and Korean War provided stimulus. People were working less. but old industries suffered. Suburbs were heterogenous. Lawyers and servers" Most were Catholic and White. Dependent on the automobile. Togetherness became the Standard for American Families. Spocks Baby and Child Care radio show. → working wives doubled Consumerism dominated the way of life in America. Attendance in Synagogues increased and a search in Inner Faith of individuals. The increased amount of kids required federal aid. * The desire for college education was widely agreed upon. • The attendance doubled between 1960-1940 Critics of Consumer Society: William Whyte's Organization Man. ""Belongingness" David Reisman- most influential social critic. C. Wright Mills accused the corporations for bastardizing. the workers NDEA = Federal Financing of scientific and foreign language Studies in schools and colleges. Farewell to Reform. New Deal was "old" Truman and Fair Deal. was never enacted. Eisenhower had no intent on abandoning the New Deal