The `society' comprised of classes of people, determined by wealth. A good book to read, as an introductory insight, is Washington Square by Henry James. The setting is New York in the 1850's just...
For kids: Rock and Roll, sex, drugs, the Beats For adults: Since the '50s was consumerist, the American Dream was to live in a suburb with 2.2 kids (Thank you statistics) and a homemaking wife. The...