Eric Burns

Invasion of the Mind Snatchers

Television's Conquest of America in the Fifties

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Produktbeschreibung

How the baby boomers learned about the world in their most formative years

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781439902882
• ISBN-10: 1439902887
• Artikelnr.: 29949460

Autorenporträt

Eric Burns is a cultural historian and former television journalist. He was named by the Washington Journalism Review as one of the best writers in the history of broadcast journalism. His books include The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol, and The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco (both Temple), which were named the "Best of the Best" by the American Library Association. He is also the author of Broadcast Blues, The Joy of Books, and Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism.

Inhaltsangabe

A Note to Readers
Introduction: Philo T. Farnsworth’s Discontent
Part I: The Medium
1. Damning the “Theenk”
2. The New American Family
3. The Hula Hoop and the Bomb
4. Invisible Doughnuts and Coonskin Caps
5. “Really Big Shows”
6. The Competition
Part II: The Messages
7. The First Senator
8. The Second Senator
9. The Third Senator
10. Advertising for President
11. The Mystic Knights of the Sea
12. “The Technological Equivalent of a Crucifix”
13. Sexless Objects
14. The Constant Parade
15. Serving the Sky Chief
16. The Black Sox of the Airwaves
Epilogue: The Man with a Secret
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index