"A
Good Man to Find" offers an important slice of social history about the way highways opened
up society in the 1950s. First, the new and improved highways allowed families like Bailey's in
the story to hop into a car and take a family vacation. Before Eisenhower expanded the highways
in 1950s, poor roads kept Americans closer to home or encouraged them to take trains. As we see
in "A Good Man," however, the family now has the...
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
In regards to "A Good Man is Hard to Find," what other technological, economic, and social changes did the U.S. highway system enable the 1950s?
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