Comic book nation the transformation of youth culture in America
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Comic book nation the transformation of youth culture in America
- Publication date
- 2001
- Topics
- Comic books, strips, etc, Comic books and children, Strips, Jeugd, Populaire cultuur, Comic, Jugendkultur
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
- Collection
- inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
- Contributor
- Internet Archive
- Language
- English
Includes bibliographical references and index
Superheroes for the common man : the birth of the comic book industry, 1933-1941 -- Race, politics, and propaganda : comic books go to war, 1939-1945 -- Confronting success : comic books and postwar America, 1945-1950 -- Youth crisis : comic books and controversy, 1947-1950 -- Reds, romance, and renegades : comic books and the culture of the Cold War, 1947-1954 -- Turning point : comic books in crisis, 1954-1955 -- Great power and great responsibility : superheroes in a superpower, 1956-1967 -- Questioning authority : comic books and cultural change, 1968-1979 -- Direct to the fans : the comic book industry since 1980 -- Death of Superman, or, must there be a comic book industry?
As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. The author offers a history of the comic book industry within the context of twentieth-century American society
Superheroes for the common man : the birth of the comic book industry, 1933-1941 -- Race, politics, and propaganda : comic books go to war, 1939-1945 -- Confronting success : comic books and postwar America, 1945-1950 -- Youth crisis : comic books and controversy, 1947-1950 -- Reds, romance, and renegades : comic books and the culture of the Cold War, 1947-1954 -- Turning point : comic books in crisis, 1954-1955 -- Great power and great responsibility : superheroes in a superpower, 1956-1967 -- Questioning authority : comic books and cultural change, 1968-1979 -- Direct to the fans : the comic book industry since 1980 -- Death of Superman, or, must there be a comic book industry?
As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. The author offers a history of the comic book industry within the context of twentieth-century American society
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- City
- Baltimore, Md. [u.a.]
- Donor
- marincountyfreelibrary
- Edition
- Paperback ed.
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1029279167
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- Brown University Library
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- 080186514X
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- Pages
- 368
- Ppi
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