The Fifties

John Montgomery

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040757932
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Originally published in 1965, this book recaptures the major events of the years between 1949 and 1960 including: Austerity and rationing in the UK, the Festival of Britain, the expansion of television and flying saucers, as well as the Korean war, the threat of nuclear war, Suez, the renaissance of British playwriting, the expansion of British airlines and the emergence of the so-called 'age of affluence'. The book considers some important questions which remain as relevant in the 21st century: Is our society really affluent and what is the future in an over-populated world where millions still exist on the brink of starvation? This book will be of interest to social, cultural and economic historians.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustrations
• 1 The Post-War Years
• 2 Festival Time
• 3 The End of Austerity
• 4 The New Order
• 5 War in Korea
• 6 The Year 1952
• 7 Flying Saucers
• 8 A Day in 1953
• 9 Intolerance
• 10 The Age of Television
• 11 The Angries
• 12 Teenagers and Teddy Boys
• 13 Crime
• 14 The Suez Disaster
• 15 Britain's Airlines
• 16 The Personality Cult
• 17 The Monarchy
• 18 Literature
• 19 Never had It So Good?
• 20 Curtain Up!
• 21 The Cinema
• 22 Looking Back at 1958
• 23 The Uncertain Future
• Index