XPE 9043 - The Fifties: Reminisces of Growing up in the 1950's 12 contact hours (Offered as needed) Was life really so innocent or does it look that way now? There was a sense of stability, contentment and consensus, but also a time of revolution for social change. The Cold War brought fear, paranoia and uncertainty, as well as a society marked by paradoxes. This class will cover many of the people and events of that era. But not all... add those you remember as well as your personal memories of those sunny afternoons more than a half century ago.