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UNINA9910782773803321 |
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Autore |
Shandler Jeffrey |
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Titolo |
While America Watches [[electronic resource] ] : Televising the Holocaust |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771790-X |
1-280-48120-X |
0-19-802804-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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