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This title explores what life was like in the 1950s American home. An age of optimism, it is about living the American Dream and how this was achieved, changes in the home, new convenience technology, new ways of living. From Ranch House to American Modernism to affordable homes in the suburbs, this was how to live the good life in an era of unprecedented prosperity and opportunity.

Table of Contents
A Clean Break: Achieving the American Dream / Home Sweet Home: Domestic Architectural Styles / How They Lived: The Living Room / The Woman's Realm: The Kitchen, Food and Entertaining / The Good Life: 1950s American Style / Places to v Visit / Further Reading / Index

The 1950s American Home

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/06/2013
      ISBN13: 9780747812388, 978-0747812388
      ISBN10: 0747812381
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      History of art History of the Americas

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This title explores what life was like in the 1950s American home. An age of optimism, it is about living the American Dream and how this was achieved, changes in the home, new convenience technology, new ways of living. From Ranch House to American Modernism to affordable homes in the suburbs, this was how to live the good life in an era of unprecedented prosperity and opportunity.

      Table of Contents
      A Clean Break: Achieving the American Dream / Home Sweet Home: Domestic Architectural Styles / How They Lived: The Living Room / The Woman's Realm: The Kitchen, Food and Entertaining / The Good Life: 1950s American Style / Places to v Visit / Further Reading / Index

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