2. Postwar American Dream widespread postwar affluence widespread postwar affluence Democratization through shared abundance (Cohen) Democratization through shared abundance (Cohen) by 1953, average US family enjoyed twice as much real income as in the 1920s by 1953, average US family enjoyed twice as much real income as in the 1920s

3. Levittown circa 1950

5. Dan Ryan Expressway, Chicao

8. Hillsdale Shopping Mall, San Mateo, California circa 1960 A Consumers’ Republic

9. Watch clip from In the Suburbs (1957 promotional film for Redbook magazine)

12. Consequences of superhighway development for urban, ethnic neighborhoods

13. FHA, Redlining, and Covenants

14. Civil Rights Movement and Postwar Racial Conflict

16. 1959 Kitchen Debate

17. Consumer Credit First credit card in 1950; AmEx follows in 1958 installment buying, home mortgages, and auto loans raised Americans’ total private indebtedness in the 1950s from $73 billion to $196 billion

18. IN THE SUBURBS (1957) IN THE SUBURBS (1957)

19. Market segmentation exacerbated social inequality