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Postwar Culture

Postwar Culture. Prosperity Economic Boom Labor unions Family life Baby boom Suburban lifestyle Television TV’s ideal America The Honeymooners To what extent TV reflected and constructed US family life?.

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Postwar Culture

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  1. Postwar Culture • Prosperity • Economic Boom • Labor unions • Family life • Baby boom • Suburban lifestyle • Television • TV’s ideal America • The Honeymooners • To what extent TV reflected and constructed US family life?

  2. Postwar Culture > An aerial view of potato fields on Long Island, before Levittown

  3. Postwar Culture > Same place, first stages of Levittown

  4. Postwar Culture > Two models of Levittown homes Ranch Cape Cod

  5. Postwar Culture > A Levittown family in front of Cape Cod, 1948

  6. Postwar Culture > Television and the ideal American family

  7. Postwar Culture > Betty Friedan speaking at a rally in 1971

  8. Postwar Culture > The Kitchen Debate

  9. Postwar Culture > The Honeymooners

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