1945-1970

A look at popular culture in the United States from 1960 through 1979, discussing music, fashion, entertainment, and more.

What was "skiffle"? How did technology impact the look and design of everyday things during these years? Disney and drive-in theaters, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe, this is the era where popular culture really comes into its own!.

Provides information about the people, groups, organizations, art, music, ideas, events, locations, and authors related to the counterculture of the 1960s.

Contains the best of his pieces from "Crossroads," the "American Parade," and "On the Road.".

A collection of essays of various authors.

Traces the progression of rock events -- artists, songs and dances -- in a year-by-year format.

Contains essays that provide insights into how Americans were influenced and affected by the Cold War and the pursuit of communists in the United States by Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy.

Surveys the social, cultural, and political history of the United States during the decade of the 1950's.

Discusses the culture and historical events of the 1950s, covering the media, leisure, and such incidents as the Korean War, civil rights, the Hungarian uprising, and the polio vaccine.

A series of connected essays that provide information about various aspects of life in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, discussing community and family, movies and television, science and technology, changing social attitudes and institutions, the Cold War and the consumer, postwar cultural changes, and other topics.