Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813190563)

Winner of the 2001 Ray and Pat Browne National Book Award for Outstanding Textbook, given by the Popular Culture Association From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What falsehoods enter our collective memory as truths? How is one to know what is real and what is imagin

Author: Gary R. Edgerton
ISBN-10: 0813190568
ISBN-13: 9780813190563
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2003
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.38w x 0.80d