Question

What book analyzed the 1950s as a culture of conformity?
The Feminine Mystique
On the Road
The Lonely Crowd
The Catcher in the Rye
Howl

Answer 1

It was "The Lonely Crowd" that analyzed the 1950s as a culture of conformity, since this was during a time in the United States when a "counterculture" was forming--pushing back on the established social and economic status quo.