The citizen machine : governing by television in 1950s America /

The Citizen Machine is the untold political history of television s formative era. Historian Anna McCarthy goes behind the scenes of early television programming, revealing that long before the age of PBS, leaders from business, philanthropy, and social reform movements as well as public intellectua...

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Main Author: McCarthy, Anna, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New Press, 2010.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:The Citizen Machine is the untold political history of television s formative era. Historian Anna McCarthy goes behind the scenes of early television programming, revealing that long before the age of PBS, leaders from business, philanthropy, and social reform movements as well as public intellectuals were all obsessively concerned with TV s potential to mold the right kind of citizen. Based on years of path-breaking archival work, The Citizen Machine sheds new light on the place of television in the postwar American political landscape.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook History Collection
EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781595585967
1595585966