American people were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike, its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth and its a political construction. The 1950s in fact was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflicts, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anticommunism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and frequently anticommunists took away civil liberties. And these are all different areas of political pressures in terms of enforcing certain ideals and resisting against those that we will look at next week. But i like ike as a political construct shifted attention away from those divisions and it created a sense of consensus. In many ways again this is political construction. And at the root of it was a very innovative and transformative Marketing Campaign that transformed a military her
At the Georgia Historical Society as senior historian, his duty is to serve as managing of our scholarly publication. He is also bestknown around the state of georgia as the host of today in georgia history. Program reduced by the Georgia Historical Society and georgia public broadcasting. Ofhas been an integral part the success of our society and is one of the key players, one of the stars of our team. It is a pleasure to introduce him. Tonight, he speaks on the theme of this years history festival. Is howe of this talk the real mad men changed world. His welcome dr. Stan deaton. [applause] dr. Deaton good evening to all of you. Had other of you things you could be doing, so your attendance is much appreciated. I hope you find this informative, and lightning, entertaining. We will take a Little Journey back in the postworld war ii america. I hope everybody catches the mading of the real men. It is of course a Television Series about the advertising world of the 1960s. We will talk abo
Public broadcasting. He has been an integral part. Key players and stars on our team. Tonight, he is speaking on the theme of the Georgia History of festival. This is the birth of the American Dream, how the real mad men changed the world. [applause] aton we are going to take a little journey. I hope everyone catches the meaning of when i say the real mad and. Thats a play on the television series. It was about the advertising world in the 1960s. We will talk about it. A scenario. A family wakes up in a home that it owns. Kids go off to school. There are probably two cars in the garage in the house is full of appliances, every conceivable electronic gadget. Multiple smartphones, video games, central heating and air. Mostly bought on one kind of credit. The kids will be wearing national named brand clothes and shoes. Music squarelyto aimed at their demographic. They will be expected to attend college. The commute will take mom and dad to work. They might stop by a supermarket or fast fo
In 1971 Bobby Fischer was on his way to the World Championship, but agreed to take part in a blitz tournament in New York, organised by the Manhattan Chess Club. Fischer won the tournament 25.5 - 0.5. But in round 1, Fischer came close to losing against the well-known and popular author GM Andrew Soltis, but managed to turn the tables. On Twitter/X Davide Nastasio shared a picture of this encounter - and here is the story behind the picture.