USH: The 1950's Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Sat, 04 Sep 2021 06:09:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 One Nation Under God? https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/16/one-nation-under-god/ Sun, 16 Aug 2015 11:59:07 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5348 The words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase “In God we trust” on the back of a dollar bill haven’t been there as long as most Americans might think. Those references were inserted in the 1950s during the Eisenhower administration, the same decade that the National Prayer Breakfast was launched, according … Continue reading One Nation Under God? →

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]]> Gladwell on Suburban Malls https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/25/gladwell-on-suburban-malls/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:01:14 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5010 Gladwell delivers on this sociological and intellectual view of the American shopping mall. “Postwar America was an intellectually insecure place, and there was something intoxicating about Gruen’s sophistication and confidence. That was what took him, so dramatically, from standing at New York Harbor with eight dollars in his pocket to Broadway, to Fifth Avenue, and to … Continue reading Gladwell on Suburban Malls →

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]]> American Experience – The Presidents: Truman https://daniellazar.com/2013/05/14/american-experience-the-presidents-truman/ Tue, 14 May 2013 18:41:55 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4438 Four hours of the Truman story. A remarkable life to say the least. From the farm to the Presidency, not unlike Carter. I’m still surprised that Truman ranks among the top presidents (as rated by historians).

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]]> Video: Eisenhower Farewell Address https://daniellazar.com/2013/04/07/video-eisenhower-farewell-address/ Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:21:26 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4399 President Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the nation January 17, 1961  

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]]> Lecture: Soviet Propaganda https://daniellazar.com/2008/07/16/power-point-stalinist-propaganda/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:17:10 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2008/07/16/power-point-stalinist-propaganda/ Here is my lecture. It begins with a conceptual analysis of propaganda then focuses on Stalin’s propaganda campaigns. Literacy is the Path to Communism 

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