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001 2009052963
003 DLC
005 20100910134000.0
008 100106s2010 pau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009052963
020 $a9781439902882 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781439902905 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPN1992.3.U5$b.B85 2010
082 00 $a302.23/45/0973$222
100 1 $aBurns, Eric.
245 10 $aInvasion of the mind snatchers :$btelevision's conquest of America in the fifties /$cby Eric Burns.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bTemple University Press,$c2010.
263 $a1005
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 $aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTelevision broadcasting$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.