Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture (Film and Culture)

by TDoherty (Author)

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2005
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Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place.

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Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 24 Mar 2005
ISBN 10: 023112953X
ISBN 13: 9780231129534