{"id":148,"date":"2012-01-31T17:56:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T17:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/hi203\/?p=148"},"modified":"2013-11-19T01:57:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T01:57:45","slug":"week-of-130-postwar-culture-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/hi203\/week-of-130-postwar-culture-and-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of 1\/30 – Postwar Culture and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday 1\/30 we talked about the Korean War, as a case study in American postwar foreign policy and geopolitical strategy. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Wednesday 2\/1 we’ll have our second Congress Day, and take up some of the legislative and foreign policy concerns of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Remember to bring your laptops!<\/p>\n

Li<\/a>nks fo<\/a>r We<\/a>d:
\nTruman’s Inauguration<\/a>, including transcript of his speech
\nShort clip of Truman’s Inaugural speech<\/a><\/p>\n

For Friday 2\/3, please read MO 72-74 and this PDF of an article by Georganne Scheiner, “Would You Like to be Queen for a Day?<\/a>” We’ll be talking about television and broadcast media in the 1950s. <\/p>\n

If you’re curious about the show, we’ll screen some clips in class – Youtube has a few<\/a> posted<\/a> to it<\/a>.<\/p>\n