Our database of the month for March is Popular culture in Britain and America 1950-1975: Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest.
Homepage of the database
What is this database?
An example image from the database – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament © The People’s History Museum
The database includes a variety of primary sources, including video, images and printed material covering the period 1950 to 1075 in the UK and US. It also has some material on other parts of Europe (for instance Mai ’68 student protests in France). The collection can be browsed by type of material, topic and date and also searched for key words. The main themes covered by the material are:
- Changing Lifestyles, 1950-1975
- Youth Culture
- Student Protests across Europe and the US
- Mai ‘68
- Popular Culture; TV; Music; Movies
- Book, Magazine and Film Censorship
- Civil Rights; Women’s Liberation; Minority Groups
- The Space Race
- Consumerism; Credit Cards; Computers
- The Vietnam conflict
- Nuclear Disarmament
In addition to the primary sources, chronologies, essays by specialists such as Robert Opie, a dictionary of key terms and links to other online resources are included in the database.
How can I access it?
University of Oxford members can access this subscription resource on and off campus via OxLIP+. Remember to sign on to OxLIP+ with your single sign on when accessing the database off-campus.
Other useful databases on 20th century popular culture
- Cabinet Papers 1915-1978, The
- British Cartoon Archive
- Cold War: Voices of Confrontation and Conciliation
- Confidential Print: North America 1824-1961
- Guardian (1821-2003) / Observer (1791-2003)
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
- Macmillan Cabinet Papers 1957-63
- Mass Observation Online
- Post War Europe
Related Links OxLIP+ | Primary Sources Online Guide for Historians (PDF) | Modern History Sources Guide (PDF) | Guide to using OxLIP+ | Contact the History Librarian