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Life in the 1950's
Summary: Essay shows how life in the 1950's differentiates from today.
During the 1950's, the viewing of television sky-rocketed to numbers that had never been reached before. People had been bringing television into their homes and watching them of an average number of hours than they would be working at their jobs and schools. This minute but very significant detail was a goldmine for advertisers all across the United States. Times were changing as the economy was trying to rebuild itself after the war under the aid of one Harry S. Truman. During a time after World War II the United States and up until the 1960's the United States earned the title as the richest nation in the world. America, both child and adult, were bombarded with new, innovative ideas that changed the way they lived and the way we live today. During a very innocent age, advertising had seemed to take a turn and the economy had...
This section contains 847 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |