{"product_id":"only-the-names-have-been-claudia-calhoun-9781477325384","title":"Only the Names Have Been Changed: Dragnet, the Police Procedural, and Postwar Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Peter C. Rollins Book Award, Northeast Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (NEPCA) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the postwar era, the police procedural series \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e informed Americans on the workings of the criminal justice system and instructed them in their responsibilities as citizens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among shifting politics, tastes, and technology in television history, one genre has been remarkably persistent: the cop show. Claudia Calhoun returns to \u003ci\u003eDragnet, \u003c\/i\u003e the pioneering police procedural and an early transmedia franchise, appearing on radio in 1949, on TV and in film in the 1950s, and in later revivals. More than a popular entertainment, \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e was a signifier of America's postwar confidence in government institutions--and a publicity vehicle for the Los Angeles Police Department. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly the Names Have Been Changed\u003c\/i\u003e shows how \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e's \"realistic\" storytelling resonated across postwar culture. Calhoun traces \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e's \"semi-documentary\" predecessors, and shows how Jack Webb, \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e's creator, worked directly with the LAPD as he produced a series that would likewise inspire public trust by presenting day-to-day procedural justice, rather than shootouts and wild capers. Yet this realism also set aside the seething racial tensions of Los Angeles as it was. \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a foundational text, one that taught audiences to see police as everyday heroes not only on TV but also in daily life, a lesson that has come under scrutiny as Americans increasingly seek to redefine the relationship between policing and public safety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Calhoun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477325387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477325384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Claudia Calhoun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071488454911,"sku":"9781477325384","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef0f326c-3eb1-4b86-b2b0-3581052204b0.jpg?v=1685436396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/only-the-names-have-been-claudia-calhoun-9781477325384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}