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100 1 _aBurns, Eric.
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245 1 0 _aInvasion of the mind snatchers :
_btelevision's conquest of America in the fifties /
_cby Eric Burns.
260 _aPhiladelphia :
_bTemple University Press,
_c2010.
300 _aviii, 342 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : Philo T. Farnsworth's discontent -- The medium. Damning the "theenk" -- The new American family -- The hula hoop and the bomb -- Invisible doughnuts and coonskins caps -- Really big shows -- The competition -- The messages. The first senator -- The second senator -- The third senator -- Advertising for President -- The mystic knights of the sea -- "The technological equivalent of a crucifix" -- Sexless objects -- The constant parade -- Serving the sky chief -- The Black Sox of the airwaves -- Epilogue.
650 0 _aTelevision broadcasting
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aTelevision broadcasting
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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