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Making American Culture

A Social History, 1900–1920

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  1. Patricia Bradley

    1. Sonoma, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Culture and Nationhood

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 1-10

  3. Vaudeville

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 11-26

  4. Outsider Art

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 27-44

  5. Silent Film

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 45-63

  6. Censorship, Class, and Culture

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 65-81

  7. Isadora Duncan and the Spirit of Modernism

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 83-96

  8. Cultural Communities and Cultural Consequences

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 97-115

  9. Modern Art Meets Modern Marketing

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 117-134

  10. Unambiguous Ambition

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 135-153

  11. The Politics of Culture

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 155-174

  12. Epilogue

    • Patricia Bradley
    Pages 175-186

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 187-240
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About this book

This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes.

Reviews

"Patricia Bradley has a unique way of looking at American media - whether it be broadcasting, vaudeville, or silent film - within a culture building context. Her forte is rejecting standard professional history and analyzing media as a cultural artifact and force intermixed with politics. Bradley examines media content and production within celebrated American values such as the entrepreneurial impulse. This book is a must read for those who want a greater understanding of culture without the usual jargon that accompanies such works. Bradley is a gifted scholar and writer." - Jean Folkerts, Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sonoma, USA

    Patricia Bradley

About the author

PATRICIA BRADLEY is the former chair of the Department of Journalism and former director of the American Studies Department at Temple University, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making American Culture

  • Book Subtitle: A Social History, 1900–1920

  • Authors: Patricia Bradley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230100473

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Patricia Bradley 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61332-4Published: 13 October 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10584-3Published: 17 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-10047-3Published: 14 September 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 240

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of the Americas, Social History, Cultural History, US History, Modern History, American Culture

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