Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest: Available Now!
“A landmark event in the study of post-war British and American popular culture”
Dr Marcus Collins, University of Loughborough
From the austerity of the 1950s to the excess of the 1970s, discover this dramatic period through a wealth of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips.
Digitized in full colour, the material covers key areas and major events of the period including:
- Student activism across Europe and the US, including the disturbances in
- France in Mai ‘68
- The Vietnam conflict
- The fight for Civil Rights
- Women’s Liberation
- Fashion and Youth Culture
- The Music Scene
- Book, Magazine and Film Censorship
Key Features include:
- Striking Visual Resources - image gallery, photographs, online exhibitions
- Video Footage – witness the sights and sounds of the period with our selection of topics and events
- Chronology – an extensive, interactive chronology featuring significant events 1950-1975
- Dictionary – learn what a hippie, beatnik and Teddy Boy are
- Thematic Areas – study the major social, political and cultural themes of the period
- Essays - from leading scholars
- External Links
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