Documents Depicting the 1950s : A Decade of Conformity and Dissent
by Paschen, Stephen H.; Schlup, Leonard; Binning, William C.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-08-14
Publisher(s): Edwin Mellen Pr
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Summary
One of the most significant in United States history, the 1950 represented a time of continuity and dissent.
Author Biography
Dr.Paschen received a Masters in Library and Information Science from Kent State University, a Master of Arts in History from The University of Akron, and a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State University. Dr.Schlup recieved his Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Documents 1950-1959 | |
| 1950 | |
| The Public Library Service Demonstration Bill | p. 11 |
| Marshall Plan Assistance | p. 31 |
| Bipartisan Foreign Policy | p. 35 |
| Address on Foreign Policy | p. 40 |
| The Civil Rights Issue Must Not Be a Political Football | p. 48 |
| Which Way to Peace and Freedom? | p. 51 |
| Selective Service Law | p. 77 |
| Employment of Homosexuals and other Sex Perverts In Government: Senate Investigations Subcommittee Report | p. 88 |
| 1951 | |
| Letter to an American Mother | p. 103 |
| Address to Congress | p. 105 |
| Introducing a Civil Rights Legislative Program | p. 115 |
| The Fight Against Communism | p. 129 |
| Investigation of Organized Crime | p. 135 |
| 1952 | |
| The Way to Freedom | p. 143 |
| Radio Broadcast | p. 153 |
| America the Beautiful | p. 165 |
| Veto of the McCarran-Walter Bill | p. 171 |
| Concession Speech | p. 184 |
| Draft of Report to President Truman | p. 186 |
| 1953 | |
| The Speakership | p. 193 |
| The Bricker Amendment | p. 197 |
| Farewell Address | p. 202 |
| Inauguration Address | p. 213 |
| Civil Rights Legislation | p. 221 |
| 1954 | |
| American Agriculture | p. 227 |
| Last Chance in Indochina | p. 237 |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | p. 253 |
| Extension of Voting Rights to Citizens at Age Eighteen | p. 260 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | p. 271 |
| The Strike Against American Airlines | p. 279 |
| Accomplishments and Failures of the Eighty-Third Congress | p. 281 |
| Senate Condemnation of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy | p. 301 |
| 1955 | |
| Court Order Can't Make Races Mix | p. 323 |
| Time, Chance, and an Appointment with History | p. 327 |
| 1956 | |
| Medical Research | p. 333 |
| Southern Manifesto | p. 344 |
| Federal Aid Highway Act | p. 348 |
| The Power of Propaganda in Southeast Asia | p. 353 |
| 1957 | |
| The Eisenhower Doctrine | p. 369 |
| Standard of Living of the American Indian | p. 379 |
| The School Crisis | p. 381 |
| Selection of Ambassadors | p. 384 |
| The Administration of Our Government | p. 386 |
| Natural Resources: God's Gifts are Man's Challenges | p. 393 |
| The Mutual Security Act of 1957 | p. 403 |
| Senate Confirmation Hearing for the Ambassadorship To Ceylon | p. 415 |
| Conservation of Natural Resources | p. 419 |
| Smoking and Health | p. 427 |
| Civil Rights and Legislative Constitutional Responsibility | p. 433 |
| Federal Assistance to Education | p. 440 |
| Loving Your Enemies | p. 449 |
| 1958 | |
| United Nations Security Council Speech on Lebanon | p. 465 |
| United States Military Power | p. 472 |
| School Integration at Little Rock | p. 486 |
| National Defense Education Act | p. 492 |
| 1959 | |
| Commission to Study Problems of Alcoholism | p. 497 |
| Economic Assistance to Native Americans | p. 516 |
| Responsibility of the Individual Senator: The Caucus | p. 525 |
| The Massive Irresponsibility of the Spenders | p. 539 |
| Defense Appropriations | p. 548 |
| Speech Before the American Medical Association | p. 560 |
| Oregon Primary Election Law | p. 568 |
| Alaska and Hawaii Statehood | p. 574 |
| Chronology | p. 587 |
| Further Reading | p. 605 |
| Index | p. 607 |
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