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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454815303321

Autore

Craig Douglas B

Titolo

Fireside politics [[electronic resource] ] : radio and political culture in the United States, 1920-1940 / / Douglas B. Craig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8018-7512-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Reconfiguring American political history

Disciplina

384.54/0973

Soggetti

Radio broadcasting - United States - History

Radio broadcasting - Political aspects - United States - History

Radio broadcasting policy - United States - History

Radio in politics - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Maps, Illustrations, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; Part I Making the Medium, 1895-1940; 1 The Radio Age; 2 Radio Advertising and Networks; 3 Regulatory Models and the Radio Act of 1927; 4 The Federal Radio Commission, 1927-1934; 5 A New Deal for Radio?; 6 The Federal Communications Commission and Radio, 1934-1940; Part II Radio and the Business of Politics, 1920-1940; 7 The Sellers; 8 The Buyers; 9 The Product; 10 The Consumers; Part III Radio and Citizenship, 1920-1940; 11 Radio and the Problem of Citizenship; 12 Radio at the Margins

13 Radio and the Politics of Good TasteConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index