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The visual focus of American media culture in the twentieth century : the modern era, 1893-1945 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Umphlett, Wiley Lee, 1931-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Mass media and culture > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the rise of media-made culture in America
  • The 1890s--setting the stage for a media-made culture
  • 1900-1913--introducing the mediated vision to new ways of seeing
  • 1914-1929--fantasizing the promise of a consumer society
  • 1930-1945--testing the dream in the great depression and World War II
  • Epilogue: detecting the signs of a coming postmodern era.