| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 305 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Film and culture
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Film and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Video rising -- The Gestalt of the blacklist -- Controversial personalities -- Hypersensitivity: the codes of television censorship -- Forums of the air -- Roman circuses and Spanish inquisitions -- Country and God -- Edward R. Murrow slays the dragon of Joseph McCarthy -- The Army-McCarthy hearings (April 22-June 17, 1954) -- Pixies: homosexuality, anticommunism, and television -- The end of the blacklist -- Exhuming McCarthyism: the paranoid style in American television. |
| Summary |
Though conventional wisdom claims that television is a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, Doherty argues that during the Cold War, through television, America actually became a more tolerant place. He examines television programming and contemporary commentary of the late 1940s to the mid-1950s -- everything from See It Now to I Love Lucy, from Red Channels to the writings of Walter Winchell and Hedda Hopper. By rerunning the programs, freezing the frames, and reading between the lines, Doherty paints a picture of Cold War America that belies many bl. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. |
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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. |
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Television and politics -- United States -- History.
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Television and politics. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- History.
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Television broadcasting of news. |
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Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History.
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Anti-communist movements. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1953 |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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| Chronological Term |
1953-1961 |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1970 |
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Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Cold War, cool medium. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2003 0231129521 023112953X (DLC) 2003051501 (OCoLC)52159965 |
| ISBN |
023150327X (electronic book) |
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9780231503273 (electronic book) |
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9780231129527 (acid-free paper) |
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0231129521 (acid-free paper) |
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9780231129534 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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023112953X (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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