Drive-in theatres, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean - this is the era where popular culture really comes into its own! Massive advances in technology impacted the look and design of almost everything, and televisions made their way into the average home. This series explains popular culture and examines it from the 1900s through to the age of social networking and reality TV. Each book looks at art, music, fashion, film and design, and also shows how advances in technology, as well as global and political events, can have a great impact on the popular culture of an era.