Invasion of the mind snatchers television's conquest of America in the fifties /
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Invasion of the mind snatchers television's conquest of America in the fifties /

How the baby boomers learned about the world in their most formative years.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, Eric
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost books
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2010.
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Access:Online version
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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.