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Same time, same station : creating American television, 1948-1961 / James L. Baughman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baughman, James L., 1952-2016, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting--United States--History.
- Television broadcasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (472 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Creating American television, 1948-1961
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The tale of television's founding years reveals a series of decisions that favored commercial success over cultural aspiration.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Opening Number
- 2. "The Mother of Television"
- 3. The Marionette and the Cross-Dresser
- 4. The Regulators
- 5. "Mr. Spectacular"
- 6. Paley's Choice
- 7. "We Just See That It Isn't Lousy"
- 8. The Patrons
- 9. "Informed without Being Ponderous"
- 10. Shooting the Wounded
- 11. Signing Off
- Notes
- Essay on Sources
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-433) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9607-X
- OCLC:
- 538539416
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