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Southwestern Academy: The 1950s: The Search for Consensus and Conformity [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A good review of the culture of the 1950s including a look at big business at the time, the affluent society, and the beginnings of youthful rebellion.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Beat Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry surveys the Beat movement in American literature and culture during the 1950s and early 1960s, which was personified by such writers as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.