Bioshock
March, 2010
Over the past few years historians have started to consider the influence of Hugh Hefner and his magazine on mid-20th century America. To no surprise, they have found playboy to be essential in the shaping of lifestyles after World War II. In Playboy andthe Making of the Good Life in Modern America (Oxford University Press) Elizabeth Fra-terrigo, professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, looks at how this magazine helped liberate American society. Hefner re-acted to the domestic unha...
