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Loss of innocence : America's scandals in the post-war years /
"Loss of Innocence explores the sunny, innocent mood of post-War America and the budding skepticism that began to creep into the minds of an overly-credulous public in the 1950s. Taking the quiz show scandals of the 1950s and the U-2 spy incident of 1960 as examples, the book argues that these...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Publishing,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Loss of Innocence explores the sunny, innocent mood of post-War America and the budding skepticism that began to creep into the minds of an overly-credulous public in the 1950s. Taking the quiz show scandals of the 1950s and the U-2 spy incident of 1960 as examples, the book argues that these two events shook the public and began to erode their blind faith in government and institutions, creating a credibility gap that haunts us to this day"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1628943564 9781628943566 |