This colorized and restored footage takes us back to a time when life in America moved at a different pace. From the 1940s into the 1950s, everyday scenes of beaches, city streets, family vacations, ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...

Rev. versions of papers originally presented at the women's workshop of the biennial conference of the European Association of American Studies, held at the Freie Universität Berlin from Mar. 28-31, ...