The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America

By Anna McCarthy

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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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1595584986

ISBN13:9781595584984

Release Date:July 2010

Publisher:New Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

20th Century Arts, Music & Photography History Humor & Entertainment Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Performing Arts Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Television

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