A 1950s Housewife: Marriage and Homemaking in the 1950s, Paperback - Sheila Hardy

A nostalgic look at what it was like to be a housewife in the 1950sBeing a housewife in the 1950s was quite different than today. Women were expect...

A nostalgic look at what it was really like to be a 1950s mother and how the baby-boom generation was madePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s)...

Phil Carradice's account of growing up in Pembrokeshire after the Second World War ended.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Phil CarradiceIll...

Favourite cars of the 1950s are lavishly illustrated in this little books, with a lively text. They include models from Morris, Austin, Ford, MG, J...

More than a footnote to the Second World War, or a foreword to the youth-obsessed exhilaration of the Sixties, the Fifties was a thrilling decade d...

Publisher: Richard DennisAuthor(s): Paul AtterburyIllustration(s): 50 colour platesNumber of pages: 24Publication date: 1997Dimensions: 238 x 100 x...

Reducere. First-person account of the famous New York City Cedar Bar in the 1950s when it was regularly visited by what came to be known as the "greatest gen...

Scoring the Hollywood Actor in the 1950s theorises the connections between film acting and film music using the films of the 1950s as case studies....

Reducere. DescriptionDesigned to be accessible to young readers, these volumes offer a way of learning about the history of America. Each book includes infor...

Reducere. DescriptionSo many people are seeking a slower paced life again. A time when food was made by hand, mothers were home, you walked to the store, and...

Copenhagen Street was no different from any street in any industrial town or city in the 1950s. Not only were the streets similar, their inhabitant...

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Reducere. The creation of Lima's red light district in 1928 marked the culminating achievement of the promoters of regulation who sought to control the sprea...

Reducere. There must be something in our souls that cries out to explain to the world not only who we are but also how it was we got to be the person our fri...

*First history of Black artists & black art in Britain *Black british artists like Ofili & McQueen are very popular and highly respected. *Students...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Connie MonkNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

Reducere. Kristin Collier and her husband struggle to decide whether and how to stay together after it becomes apparent that he is transgender. As her husban...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times bestseller, this is the "outstanding" (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower's pres...

Reducere. In 1950 Las Vegas saw a million tourists. In 1960 it attracted ten million. The city entered the fifties as a regional destination where prosperous...

From one of the genre's best-loved names, a charming tale of friendship and romance, happiness and heartbreak. August, 1955. Janice Butler is worki...

Collection of pictures from the acclaimed Mary Evans Picture Library, evoking childhood in the 1950s, from knitted bathing costumes to tin baths an...

High quality pictures & Informative captions

Reducere. This diverse neighborhood in the shadow of LaGuardia Airport was once called "Manhattan's Bedroom." Famous comedians, actors, physicians, scientist...

Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 portrays the history of romantic love between men in hundreds of moving and tender vernacu...

Reflecting Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s, this work tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, rolle...

Reducere. A touching and nostalgic look at a childhood in Toronto's Beach District... The world of young people growing up in Toronto in the 1950's and 60's ...

DescriptionOne of only seven editors in chief in American Vogue's history, Jessica Daves has remained one of fashion's most enigmatic figures. Dian...

A schoolteacher's memoir

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Reducere. DescriptionThe 1950's was a turning point for the nation and Utica, NY. It was the best of worlds for many, and a troubled time for others. Lucky U...

Reducere. Do these vintage cars run as fast as our new cars? Let's jump into the world of the 1950s and test them out Coloring is a portal to pretend play, a...

Reducere. Murder's a trip!It's early 1957, and Rosa Reed and her new beau Detective Miguel Belmonte fly from California to London to follow up on the cold ca...

Ireland's premier photographers, The Lensmen, captured the essence of life in Ireland during the 1950s in their stunning and thought provoking imag...

The first novel in the bestselling Thrush Green series.

* An enchanting and utterly absorbing memoir of a forgotten way of life* Previously published as Our Forgotten YearsPublisher: Little, Brown Book G...

* A wonderful, heart-warming account of a bygone way of life in rural England in the 1950s

Smoke in the Lanes is the fascinating firsthand account of a bygone age of the Romani traveller way of life in 1950s England.

Reducere. Growing Up In The Near North Side Of Chicago is an oral history, turned into a chronicle, obtained by personal interviews with my childhood friends...

Reducere. A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1930s, through the 1950's, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps an...

DescriptionAfter the end of the Second World War, Bulgaria fell in total dependency upon the Soviet Union as a direct result of the 1944 Yalta agre...

Reducere. As a kid in Brooklyn, the Spaldeen was a big part of my childhood. My friends and I spent endless hours playing with this little pink ball while dr...

A stunning new collection of railway photographs showcasing 1950s steam

This book explores how theories of embodiment, the gesture, hysteria and subjectivity can deepen our understanding of New York abstract painting. P...

As for the fur coat, I shuddered to think ...'Training in a hospital in the 1930s, Edith Cotterill's long hours on the wards included encouraging l...

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Reducere. Alice Denham's lusty memoir is a juicy tell-all about a time when male writers were gods and an aspiring and gorgeous female novelist tries to win ...

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Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Robert P. KolkerIllustration(s): 37 black & white images, 21 colour imagesNumber of pages: 232Publica...

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