General Politics
To give you a general idea of what was happening on the national stage around the time of Malamud's A New Life, we've created this handy timeline! Feel free to peruse at your leisure, and acquaint yourself with the political atmosphere of the post-WWII United States.
When you've finished there, click through the paths to find more detail on Henry Wallace's presidential campaign, and the impact of the Lysenko Theory in U.S. academia.
