postwar America

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Postwar America refers to the United States in the years following World War II, marked by economic prosperity, suburban expansion, Cold War tensions, and shifting social and cultural norms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Cold War tensions ⓘ
GI Bill benefits ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
automobile dependence ⓘ
baby boom ⓘ
civil defense programs ⓘ
civil rights activism ⓘ
conformist social norms ⓘ
consumer culture growth ⓘ
containment foreign policy ⓘ
decline of traditional agriculture ⓘ
deindustrialization beginnings (late period) ⓘ
economic prosperity ⓘ
emergence of counterculture (late period) ⓘ
environmental movement origins ⓘ
expansion of federal government power ⓘ
expansion of higher education ⓘ
expansion of social welfare programs ⓘ
growth of Sun Belt ⓘ
growth of corporate bureaucracy ⓘ
growth of evangelical Christianity’s public role ⓘ
high homeownership rates ⓘ
high union membership ⓘ
interstate highway expansion ⓘ
mass media expansion ⓘ
military-industrial complex growth ⓘ
nuclear anxiety ⓘ
nuclear arms race ⓘ
proxy wars involvement ⓘ
rapid industrial growth ⓘ
redlining and housing segregation ⓘ
relative income equality compared to later decades ⓘ
rise of service sector ⓘ
rise of the middle class ⓘ
rise of youth culture ⓘ
rock and roll emergence ⓘ
school desegregation conflicts ⓘ
second-wave feminism (late period) ⓘ
shifting gender roles ⓘ
space race participation ⓘ
suburban expansion ⓘ
suburban shopping centers growth ⓘ
television becoming dominant medium ⓘ
urban renewal projects ⓘ
white flight to suburbs ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
timePeriodIncludes 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ

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The Deer Park → theme → postwar America ⓘ
Chris Keller → setInWork → post–World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
Elie Wiesel Holocaust trilogy → setting → postwar United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
Bobov → reestablishedIn → United States after World War II ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
A Choice of Weapons → timePeriodDescribed → postwar United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
Carol → timePeriodDepicted → postwar America ⓘ
Oxford History of the United States → timePeriodCovered → post–World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization → historicalContext → post-World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
Back Home → hasSetting → United States after World War II ⓘ
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Fame and Obscurity → periodDepicted → postwar America ⓘ
Clark Gable as Victor Norman → settingContext → post–World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
Road to Purgatory → subject → postwar America ⓘ
Nerves → timeOfPublicationContext → post-World War II United States ⓘ
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Fox semi-documentary cycle → historicalContext → post-World War II United States ⓘ
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Backfire → hasSetting → post-World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
American standard → hasTemporalContext → post-World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America