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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462413703321

Autore

Welky David

Titolo

Everything was better in America [[electronic resource] ] : print culture in the Great Depression / / David Welky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008

ISBN

1-283-58318-6

9786613895639

0-252-09281-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

The history of communication

Disciplina

071.309043

Soggetti

American newspapers - History - 20th century

American periodicals - History - 20th century

Publishers and publishing - United States - History - 20th century

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 (p. [221]-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""front cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: ""A Time Not to Rock the Boat""""; ""Part One: Newspapers""; ""1. The Press Encounters the New Deal""; ""2. Kidnapping America's Child""; ""3. Olympic Feats of Americanism""; ""4. The Gumps: America's Comic-Strip Family""; ""Part Two: Magazines""; ""5. How to Slant a Magazine""; ""6. Life, the War, and Everything""; ""7. Defining Womanhood in the Ladies' Home Journal""; ""8. Patriot Number One, the Man of Steel""; ""Part Three: Books""; ""9. Mainstreaming the Book Industry""

""10. Finding Security in Best Sellers""""11. Ellery Queen Restores Order""; ""12. Gone With the Wind, but Not Forgotten""; ""Conclusion: ""Everything Was Better in America""""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""bck cover""