One defining element of 1950s culture was the ever-increasing tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. This tension grew out of fear in the US political sphere of communism.

Rockin’ ’round the clock to the tunes on a jukebox. Times were indeed a-changing for youth in the 1950s. Prior to that decade ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the ...

In 1950, they began a campaign called Akcja Zbierania Fokloru ... Over 1,500 musicians came to the capital to perform during this three-week event, organised by the Ministry of Culture and Polish ...

Elsewhere, Poland’s 1950s also resounded with nostalgically-aged radio orchestras, and the country’s earliest rock and roll. In the 1950s, the devastation of World War II was still very much visible ...