Invasion of the mind snatchers : television's conquest of America in the fifties / by Eric Burns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, Eric
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
Television broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:viii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : Philo T. Farnsworth's discontent
  • The medium. Damning the "theenk"
  • The new American family
  • The hula hoop and the bomb
  • Invisible doughnuts and coonskins caps
  • Really big shows
  • The competition
  • The messages. The first senator
  • The second senator
  • The third senator
  • Advertising for President
  • The mystic knights of the sea
  • "The technological equivalent of a crucifix"
  • Sexless objects
  • The constant parade
  • Serving the sky chief
  • The Black Sox of the airwaves
  • Epilogue.