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The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 40,000 based on 1950 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1940 and 1960 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
The novel Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, published in 1961, is concerned with mid-1950s life and culture. Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, though not published until 1963, features a woman's struggle living in 1950s American culture. Agatha Christie was also at a stage where she published at an average rate of one book every year.
America's Urban History (2014); University textbook; see website; Detailed bibliography online it pages 351-78; Bridenbaugh, Carl. Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in America, 1625-1742 (1938) Bridenbaugh, Carl. Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 (1955) Brownell, Blaine A. and Goldfield, David R.
The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel is formally opened to traffic in New York City. 1950 Chicago streetcar crash: a collision and explosion kills 34. [4] June 1 – Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting. June 5 – Sweatt v. Painter decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, challenging the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation in ...
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .