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The body in the reservoir : murder & sensationalism in the South /

This book covers mass media and the sensational crime. Centered on a series of dramatic murders in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Richmond, Virginia, "The Body in the Reservoir" uses these gripping stories of crime to explore the evolution of sensationalism in southern culture. In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trotti, Michael Ayers
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book covers mass media and the sensational crime. Centered on a series of dramatic murders in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Richmond, Virginia, "The Body in the Reservoir" uses these gripping stories of crime to explore the evolution of sensationalism in southern culture. In Richmond, as across the nation, the embrace of modernity was accompanied by the prodigious growth of mass culture and its accelerating interest in lurid stories of crime and bloodshed
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-294) and index.
ISBN:9780807899038
0807899038
9781469604374
146960437X