The Citizen Machine
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The Citizen Machine

Governing by Television in 1950s America

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eBook - ePub

The Citizen Machine

Governing by Television in 1950s America

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
The New Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781595584984
eBook ISBN
9781595585967
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter One - SPONSORS AND CITIZENS
  7. Chapter Two - THE POLITICS OF WOODEN ACTING
  8. Chapter Three - THE ENDS OF THE MIDDLEBROW
  9. Chapter Four - LIBERAL MEDIA
  10. Chapter Five - LABOR GOES PUBLIC
  11. EPILOGUE
  12. Notes
  13. Index
  14. Copyright Page