Historical Dictionary of the 1950s

Historical Dictionary of the 1950s
ISBN-10
0313306192
ISBN-13
9780313306198
Category
History
Language
English
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
James Stuart Olson

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Sloan Wilson's novel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit , which became a best - seller in 1955 , concerns the fictional Rath family , who try to find happiness in the conformist world of postWorld War II America , where corporate and ...

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