- Paperback: 143 pages
- Publisher: Last Gasp (August 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0867196432
- ISBN-13: 978-0867196436
With the postwar economic boom, a vast middle class emerged. Suburbs
exploded across the country, and the new industrial complex cranked out
cars, appliances, and home furnishings in record numbers. Here is an
idealized neighborhood of the period, with schools, roads, and commuter
trains to the homes, kitchens, and backyards — all drawn from the
fantasy worlds created by advertising. Color photos and illustrations
are featured in this presentation of the ideal of 1950s suburban living.
From houses to cars, to individual rooms and lawns, an entire industry
was created to instruct a newlycreated middle class on what ideal living
should be.
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