An Affluent Society 1953-1960.

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An Affluent Society 1953-1960

Kitchen Debate

The Golden Age

Suburban Nation Levittown NY

Shopping Malls

Growth of Cities

A Consumer Culture Shift towards service goods

TV

A New Ford

Organization Men

Housewife

Baby Boom

Segregated Landscape

1949 Housing Act passed by Congress Whites moved to suburbs Blacks moved into cities Urban Decay Blockbusting Suburban ownership white entitlement

Puerto Ricans

End of Ideology Ills of American Society had been solved Judeo-Christian heritage Secularization Free Enterprise Stock Market

Libertarian Milton Friedman

New Conservatism Search for absolute truth Freedom is a moral condition Two enemies (Soviet Union & Expanding Federal Government)

Segregated Schools

Rosa Parks

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