Icons of American Popular Culture: From P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez
- ISBN-10
- 1317468317
- ISBN-13
- 9781317468318
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-18
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Robert C. Cottrell
Description
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.
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