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Public culture : diversity, democracy, and community in the United States /

From medicine shows to the Internet, from the Los Angeles Plaza to the Las Vegas Strip, from the commemoration of the Oklahoma City bombing to television programming after 9/11, scholars examine issues of democracy, diversity, identity, community, citizenship, and belonging through the lens of Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Shaffer, Marguerite S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:From medicine shows to the Internet, from the Los Angeles Plaza to the Las Vegas Strip, from the commemoration of the Oklahoma City bombing to television programming after 9/11, scholars examine issues of democracy, diversity, identity, community, citizenship, and belonging through the lens of American popular culture.
Item Description:"This book grew out of a conference held at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in March 2003, entitled "The Transformation of Public Culture : Assessing the Politics of Diversity, Democracy, and Community in the United States, 1890 to the Present"--Preface
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812206845
0812206843
0812222024
9780812222029
1283898187
9781283898188