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New York in the fifties

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, 1992 - Social Science - 355 pages
Wakefield has established his reputation as a novelist, journalist, and chronicler of American life. In New York in the Fifties, he explores a decade in which the "taste, politics, and culture of our society underwent a profound transformation, one that shaped the way we live now". 24 pages of photos.

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User Review  - Jeff R - Goodreads

I know folks who move to New York and liked it have a certain haughtiness about the city, but Wakefield is over the top. If you became an adult in the 1950s and didn't move to New York, you had no ... Read full review

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About the author (1992)

DAN WAKEFIELD's previous books include Creating from the Spirit and The Story of Your Life: Writing a Spiritual Autobiography.

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