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Beyond Disneyland: Image, Culture, and Lifestyle in 1960s Southern California

Spring 2009 Erin Brown

Research help: Marta Brunner, Librarian for US/British History and Literature at UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library

Online Research Guide for History

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Selected Materials at Young Research Library

REFERENCE SOURCES

American Icons: an Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things that have Shaped our Culture

American National Biography Online

A Companion to California (encyclopedia)

Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture

Encyclopedia of Latino popular culture

Los Angeles A to Z: an Encyclopedia of the City and County

The Sixties in America (encyclopedia)

PRIMARY SOURCES

Magazines are a good primary source, especially for a specific time period like the Sixties. You can browse many popular magazines in the Young Research Library bookstacks, in the AP2 call number section, in the southeast corner of the 3rd floor (the corner closest to Bunche Hall).

Also check these online resources:

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