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020 _a9780374187675 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a0374187673 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn145431690
035 _a(OCoLC)145431690
050 0 0 _aPN6725
_b.H33 2008
082 0 0 _a302.23/2
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100 1 _aHajdu, David.
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245 1 4 _aThe ten-cent plague :
_bthe great comic-book scare and how it changed America /
_cDavid Hajdu.
260 _aNew York :
_bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,
_c2008.
300 _a434 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
_fNFIC
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [407]-412) and index.
520 _aIn 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.
650 0 _aComic books, strips, etc.
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_97949
650 0 _aComic books, strips, etc.
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
_97950
942 _n0
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_cNFIC
952 _w2010-12-22
_p0004175
_r2010-12-22
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