| Description |
vi, 270 pages ; 23 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Rand McNally history of American thought and culture series |
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Rand McNally history of American thought and culture series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Currier and Ives: a content analysis -- Uncle Remus and the malevolent rabbit -- The Wizard of Oz: parable on populism -- America's manufactured villain--the baseball umpire -- The "Tin Lizzie's" golden anniversary -- Wild Bird Hickok and his friends -- The serious funnies: adventure comics during the depression, 1929-1938 -- The gangster as tragic hero -- Food fun for the menfolk -- Who knows what evil lurks -- Remembrances of bop in New York, 1945-1950 -- As they used to say in the 1950's -- C. Mickey Spillane and his bloody hammer -- The case of James Dean -- The fans -- Halloween and the mass child -- Pueblo baseball: a new use of old witchcraft -- Here's Hud in your eye -- Remember bomb shelters? -- Love and sex in romance magazines -- Come alive, America -- As the saints go marching by: modern jokelore concerning Mormons -- "Woodstock," a nation at war -- The imagination of disaster -- References (bibliographical: p. 267-270). |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- United States.
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
0528661744 |
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9780528661747 |
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0528061744 |
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9780528061745 |
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0528061747 |
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