MUSI 3200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jimmy Page, The Beatles, Parlophone
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Though the 50s was characterized by economic resurgence and peace, it was also a time of mind- numbing conformity. With the successful conversion to peace time and the plentitude of money, the demand for consumer items rise. This sets the stage for a contradiction in social conditioning. Teenagers saw this conflict unfold between the official values of school/family/church and the reality of their leisure activities. Conflict was fueled by the challenge of rock n" roll music and the political upheaval of the sixties. There was a dramatic shift in the political center of gravity towards the left spurred on by a myriad of social and political movements that came into existence at this time. Though the country enjoyed economic success, a number of inequalities? still existed within the social structure. 1957 the russians beat the u. s. into space with sputnik. Education was seized on as the key to the future.
