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Series
Anthropological horizons volume 11
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Author
Series
Nearby history volume 3
Publisher
American Association for State and Local History
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
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"After the turmoil of the Great Depression and World War II, Americans looked to the nation's more distant past for lessons to inform its uncertain future. By applying recent and emerging techniques in mass communication--including radio and television programs and commercial book clubs--American elites working in media, commerce, and government used history to confer authority on their respective messages. With insight and wit, Erik Christiansen...