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Comic book nation : the transformation of youth culture in America / Bradford W. Wright.
LIBRA PN6725 .W74 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Bradford W., 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History--20th century.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Comic books and children--United States.
- Comic books and children.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- "Pow! Bam! Crash! Analysis! This insightful and highly entertaining political and cultural history [offers] an intelligent study not only of comics but of shifting attitudes toward popular culture, children, violence, patriotism, and America itself." -- Publisher's Weekly
- Contents:
- 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, 1980-1992
- Epilogue : The death of Superman, or, Must there be a comic book industry?
- Spider-Man at Ground Zero : a 9-11 postscript.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801874505
- 9780801874505
- OCLC:
- 53175529
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