Book Review

The Fifties

David Halberstam
Jul 08, 1994
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Writer: David Halberstam; Genres: History, Nonfiction, Pop Culture

The Fifties David Halberstam (Fawcett, $15, 1993) This voluminous and highly entertaining popular history demonstrates that, far from being somnolent, the '50s were a time of almost dizzying scientific and social change. B+

Originally posted Jul 08, 1994 Published in issue #230 Jul 08, 1994 Order article reprints
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