Icons of American popular culture : from P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez / Robert C. Cottrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cottrell, Robert C., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--United States--History.

Popular culture.

Celebrities--United States--Biography.

Celebrities.

Entertainers--United States--Biography.

Entertainers.

National characteristics, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traces the evolution of American popular culture over the past two centuries. In a lengthy chronology of landmark events, and ten chapters, each revolving around the lives of two individuals who are in some way emblematic of their times, this provides a window on the social, economic, and political history of US democracy from the antebellum period to the present.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Chronology of Significant Events in the History of American Popular Culture""; ""Icons of American Popular Culture""; ""One Democratic Showmen""; ""Two Exponents of the Culture of Consumption""; ""Three Stars of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley""; ""Four The Cinematic Artist and the Literary Lion""; ""Five The “New Woman� and the “New Negro�""; ""Six Voices of Radical Culture""; ""Seven American Heroes""; ""Eight American Rebels""

""Nine American Icons in a Time of Unrest""""Ten American Dreamers""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

"First published 2010 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-46831-7

0-7656-2299-8

1-317-46832-5

1-315-70359-9

1-78268-051-9

9781315703596

OCLC:

898771335