What Really Happened To The 1960S: How Mass Media Culture Failed American D...

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Book Title: What Really Happened to the 1960s : How Mass Media Culture Failed American Democracy

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Author: Edward P. Morgan

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Political Process / Media & Internet, Media Studies, United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Social History, Journalism, Popular Culture, Political Ideologies / Democracy

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Publication Year: 2010

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 422 Pages