The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America / David Hajdu.
By: Hajdu, David
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Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008Description: 434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780374187675 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0374187673 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects -- United StatesDDC classification: 302.23/2 Summary: 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.
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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.
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