Hajdu, David.
The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America / David Hajdu. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. - 434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-412) and index.
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress--only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in Mad magazine.-- From publisher description.
9780374187675 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374187673 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2007025024
Comic books, strips, etc.--History--United States--20th century.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Social aspects--United States.
PN6725 / .H33 2008
302.23/2
The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America / David Hajdu. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. - 434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-412) and index.
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress--only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in Mad magazine.-- From publisher description.
9780374187675 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374187673 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2007025024
Comic books, strips, etc.--History--United States--20th century.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Social aspects--United States.
PN6725 / .H33 2008
302.23/2