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Decades of the 20th Century: The 50s

A selected list of books on the history, music, fashions, politics and events of the decades.

20's -- 30's -- 40's -- 50's -- 60's -- 70's -- 80's

The 50's

070.44930540971 KOR

Korinek, Valerie Joyce. Roughing it in the Suburbs : Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties, 2000
391.00941 RUB Ruby, Jennifer. The 1940's and 1950's, 1993
391.072 DOR Dorner, Jane. Fashion in the Forties and Fifties, 1975

629.22209 LYO

Lyons, Dan. Cars of the Fantastic '50s, 2005
745.44973 HIN Hine, Thomas. Populuxe, 1986
745.44973 HOR Horn, Richard. Fifties Style : Then and Now, 1988
779.9909825 DRE Dreishpoon, Douglas. The Tumultuous Fifties : a View From the New York Times Photo Archives, 2001
779.9973921 FIF The Fifties : Photographs of America. 1985
791.45 MCC McCall, Michael. The Best of 50s TV, 1992
818.5203 WIL Wilson, Edmund. The Fifties : From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period, 1986
819.09 WEI Weintraub, William. Getting Started : a Memoir of the 1950's: with Letters from Mordecai Richler, Mavis Gallant, and Brian Moore, 2001
909.825 DRA Drake, Nicholas. The Fifties in Vogue, 1987
909.825 EPS Epstein, Dan. The 50s, 2000
909.825 HAR Harris, Nathaniel. The Forties and Fifties : an Illustrated History in Colour, 1975
951.9042 BAR Barris, Ted. Deadlock in Korea. Canadians at War, 1950-1953. 1999
971.0633 CAN Canada in the Fifties : From the Archives of Macleans, 1999
971.0633 ROS Ross, Alexander. The Booming Fifties : 1950-1960, 1977
973.9 ENG Engelhardt, Tom. The End of Victory Culture : Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation, 1995
973.91 AME The American Dream : The 50s, 1998
973.92 AME American Decades : 1950-1959, 1994
973.93 HAL Halberstam, David. The Fifties, 1993
973.92 KLE Kleinfelder, Rita Lang. When We Were Young : A Baby Boomer Yearbook, 1993
973.92 MAR Marling, Karal Ann. As Seen On TV : the Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s, 1994
Script Music Books
782.42164 REM A.V. Remembering the '50's : a Reader's Digest Songbook, 1992

786.63 CLA A.V.

Classic Songs of the 50s, 2001

786.63 FIF A.V.

The Fifties, 1999
Compact Discs
X Popular BES The Best of the 50's : the Golden Era
X Popular HIT Hits of '53 : Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes, 2003
X Popular HIT Hits of '54 : Little Things Mean a Lot, 2005
X Popular HIT Hits of '55 : Moments to Remember, 2006
X Popular MAN Manilow, Barry. The Greatest Songs of the Fifties, 2006
X Popular TWE 20 Collector's Records of the 50's & 60's, volume 2, 1989
X Popular TWE 20 Great Love Songs of the 50's & 60's, volume 1, 1989

MK - updated August 2008

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