1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454620803321

Autore

Shandler Jeffrey

Titolo

While America Watches [[electronic resource] ] : Televising the Holocaust

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-48120-X

0-19-802804-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

791.45658

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in television

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), on television

Television broadcasting

World War, 1939-1945

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), on television - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Image as Witness; 2. ""This Is Your Life""; 3. The Theater of Our Century; 4. The Man in the Glass Box; 5. A Guest in the Wasteland; 6. The Big Event; 7. The Rise of the Survivor; 8. The Master Paradigm; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

America's struggle against Nazism is one of the few aspects of World War II that has escaped controversy. Historians agree that it was a widely popular war, different from the subsequent conflicts in Korea and Vietnam because of the absence of partisan sniping, ebbing morale, or calls for a negotiated peace. In this provocative book, Steven Casey challenges conventional wisdom about America's participation in World War II. Drawing on the numerous opinion polls and surveys conducted by the U.S. government, he traces the development of elite and mass attitudes toward Germany, from the early days



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454938803321

Autore

Gardner Bruce L

Titolo

American agriculture in the twentieth century [[electronic resource] ] : how it flourished and what it cost / / Bruce L. Gardner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, [2006]

ISBN

0-674-26335-9

0-674-03749-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

338.109730904

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States

Agriculture - United States - Costs

Family farms - United States

Farm income - United States

Agricultural credit

Agricultural productivity

Agricultural subsidies - United States

Agriculture and state - United States

Agricultural laws and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index.