"Bad old days"; the myth of the 1950s.9781412807456 "Bad old days"; the myth of the 1950s. Levine, Alan J. Transaction Publishers 2008 179 pages $34.95 Hardcover HN58 Levine (history, Borough of Manhattan Community College Founded in 1963, Borough of Manhattan Community College, or BMCC is one of six two-year colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system and the only one in Manhattan. ) generally specializes in modern Russian history and international relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, but here he weighs in on a recent period of history. The post-war decade from the late 1940s to the late 1950s was not the dismal prelude prelude (prā`l  d), musical composition of no universal style, usually for the keyboard. It was originally used to precede a ceremony and later a second, often larger piece. to a
glorious period of progress, he argues, but an era of unprecedented
progress and prosperity that was derailed by catastrophic political and
economic misjudgment mis·judge v. mis·judged, mis·judg·ing, mis·judg·es v.tr. To judge wrongly. v.intr. To be wrong in judging. and a dramatic shift in the national ethos that contributed nothing--or less than nothing--to improving the world. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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