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The 1950s

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The 1950s Web Links
   
  ABC-CLIO American History Resources A extensive database on American History Resources. See a librarian for username and password.
   
  American National Biography Biographical articles on everyone from the 50s. An InfOhio Resource
   
  Annals of American History More than 2000 primary source documents and 700 pieces of multimedia. An InfOhio Resource
   
  St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Twentieth century US popular culture, with more than 2700 entries.
   
  The 50s - brought to you by Chico High School Library A massive collection of links compiled by Chico High School Library. In the first secton there are lots of links to media and cultural happenings
 
  American Cultural History - the Fifties A collection of links from Kingwood College Library. Includes Fads, Fashions, Theater, Film, Television, Technology and People
   
  The Nifty 50's. A great list of links to all sorts of pages on the 1950s. You'll return to this page again and again as you do your research on the decade.
   
  The Fifties Web Fads, fashions, slang, TV, hula hoops, Elvis and Rock and Roll - this web site has it all!
  Literature and Culture of the American 1950s Primary documents and cultural readings from the 1950's
 
  The 1950s and Civil Rights This web site is more than just civil rights; it has links to fashion, politics, war, and rock and roll. Sites have been gathered by Highland Middle School in Illinois.
  The 20th Century Year-by-YearPick a year of the 50s to find out about sports highlights, popular music, movies and TV shows, academy awards, etc., for that year
  Vietnam War Reference Library The Vietnam War, which began in the fifties, is covered extensively in this resource.
   
  Google's Pages of the 50s.Google's selection of sites about the fifties.
 
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