post war prosperity
income tripled
increase in purchase of consumer goods

1. mass production of suburbs
2. Bill Levitt: built similar looking homes 10 miles outside of NYC
3. GI Bill made homeownership attractive
4. discrimination towards who could buy

white collar: wore shirt and tie to work, tended to work for corporations
blue collar: worker who performs manual labor

" The American is said to be shallower, freer with his money, friendship, more uncertain of himself and his values and more demanding of his approval.

What does this say about an American in the 1950's?

Does this statement have any symbolism to today's American ?

Electronics : transistor, "computer age begins"

Aviation: technology makes travel more affordable

Medicine:

CPR
First Pace maker
Jonas Salk develops first polio shot
Albert Sabin develops first oral polio vaccine

Television : 80% of Americans owned one by 1957;
TV Shows: I Love Lucy, Loe Ranger, Gunsmoke

Movies go 3-D

Radio: more broadcasting

Rock n Roll is born:
Elvis: according to Ed Sullivan he wasn't fit to appear on family orientated shows

San Antonio city council banned rock n roll from jukeboxes and public swimming pools