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Radio's civic ambition American broadcasting and democracy in the 1930s

Title: Radio's civic ambition [electronic resource] : American broadcasting and democracy in the 1930s / David Goodman.
Author: Goodman, David, 1957-
Publication: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Description

1 online resource (xx, 337 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Radio's civic ambition (Online)

Alternative Title

Radio's civic ambition (Online)

Subject

Radio broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century
Public radio > United States > History > 20th century
Radio broadcasting > Political aspects > United States > 20th century
Radio broadcasting > Social aspects > United States > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-331) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

The American system -- The civic paradigm -- The promise of broadcast classical music -- Democratic radio -- Class, cosmopolitanism, and division -- Radio and the intelligent listener : the War of the worlds panic -- Populism, war, and the American system.

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