Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America by Lynn Spigel

Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America

Lynn Spigel

246 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced

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Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set—and a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched. In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chronicles the enormous impact of television in the f...

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