Invasion of the mind snatchers

television's conquest of America in the fifties

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English
Pages
342

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Invasion of the mind snatchers: television's conquest of America in the fifties
2010, Temple University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction : Philo T. Farnsworth's discontent
The medium. Damning the "theenk"
The new American family
The hula hoop and the bomb
Invisible doughnuts and coonskins caps
Really big shows
The competition
The messages. The first senator
The second senator
The third senator
Advertising for President
The mystic knights of the sea
"The technological equivalent of a crucifix"
Sexless objects
The constant parade
Serving the sky chief
The Black Sox of the airwaves
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Philadelphia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.23/45/0973
Library of Congress
PN1992.3.U5 .B85 2010, PN1992.3.U5 B85 2010, PN1992, PN1992.3.U5.B85 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 342p.
Number of pages
342

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24002727M
Internet Archive
invasionofmindsn0000burn
ISBN 10
1439902887
ISBN 13
9781439902882, 9781439902905
LCCN
2009052963
OCLC/WorldCat
468973625

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