The Columbia history of American television / Gary R. Edgerton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edgerton, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1952-

Series:

Columbia histories of modern American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting--United States--History.

Television broadcasting.

United States.

History.

Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.

Television broadcasting--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xviii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Part I Going Public 1

1 An Idea Whose Time Had Come: Imagining Television-Before 1940 3

2 Not Going According to Plan: Remodeling the Tube in a Time of Crisis-1940-1947 60

3 Learning to Live with Television: Technology, Gender, and America's Early TV Audiences / Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley 91

Part II Becoming National 111

4 Here Comes Television: Remaking American Life-1948-1954 113

5 The Halcyon Years: Beyond Anyone's Wildest Dream-1955-1963 156

6 Television and the Presidency: Eisenhower and Kennedy / Mary Ann Watson 205

Part III Becoming International 235

7 A Great Awakening: Prime Time for Network Television-1964-1975 237

8 The Sky's the Limit: Satellites, Cable, and the Reinvention of Television-1976-1991 285

9 The Changing Face of Television: Turner Broadcasting System / Jimmie L. Reeves, Michael M. Epstein 323

Part IV Becoming Global 347

10 The Business of America Is Show Business: U.S. TV in Global Context-1992-Present 349

11 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Cosby Show and the Ascent of U.S. Sitcoms in the Global Television Marketplace / Timothy J. Havens 390

12 Tune in Locally, Watch Globally: The Future of Television in the Age of the Internet 410

Television Programming Index 489.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-476) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780231121644

0231121644

OCLC:

105463223