The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America / David Hajdu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hajdu, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History--20th century.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects--United States.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

Summary:

In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress--only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in Mad magazine.-- From publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-412) and index.

ISBN:

9780374187675

0374187673

OCLC:

145431690

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