Defining visions : television and the American experience since 1945 / Mary Ann Watson ; under the g...
Defining visions : television and the American experience since 1945 / Mary Ann Watson ; under the g...
Defining visions : television and the American experience since 1945 / Mary Ann Watson ; under the general editorship of Gerald D. Nash and Richard W. Etulain.
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Publisher
Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1998.
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N791.45097/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 303 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Television enters the picture -- Television and the melting pot: Race and ethnicity -- Home on the screen: Gender and family -- Killing tube: Violence and crime -- TV goes all the way: Romance and sexuality -- Boxed in workplace: Jobs and professions -- Tuning out restraint: Indulgence and advertisi...
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Publisher
Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1998.
Place of Publication
Texas
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
More than any other aspect of American life, the history of television reveals the story of the reorientation of culture and the shift in American values that occurred after World War II.... It is the premise of this book that in the second half of the twentieth century, TV has been a reflection of the national character and the primary means by wh...
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Defining visions : television and the American experience since 1945 / Mary Ann Watson ; under the general editorship of Gerald D. Nash and Richard W. Etulain.
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Harbrace books on America since 1945.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index.
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c1998.
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N791.45097/1
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74VvNZG2EpeX
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ISBN
0155032011
9780155032019
DDC
791.45097309045
MMS ID
991012797939702626
