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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
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David Hajdu
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
March 18, 2008
Pages
434
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374187675
ISBN-10
0374187673
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$26.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A vivid study of the lost world of comic books examines the influence of this pulpy, lavishly illustrated medium on the evolution of American popular culture in the wake of World War II and before the emergence of television as a mass medium, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, academics, and a right-wing Congress.
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Hardcover
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from Farrar Straus & Giroux (March 18, 2008)
9780374187675 | details & prices | 434 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $26.00
About: A vivid study of the lost world of comic books examines the influence of this pulpy, lavishly illustrated medium on the evolution of American popular culture in the wake of World War II and before the emergence of television as a mass medium, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, academics, and a right-wing Congress.
About: A vivid study of the lost world of comic books examines the influence of this pulpy, lavishly illustrated medium on the evolution of American popular culture in the wake of World War II and before the emergence of television as a mass medium, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, academics, and a right-wing Congress.
Paperback
1 reprint edition from Picador USA (February 3, 2009)
9780312428235 | details & prices | 434 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $20.00
CD/Spoken Word
With Stefan Rudnicki (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 25, 2008); titled "The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America"
9781433210303 | details & prices | 4.50 × 6.25 × 1.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $29.95
With Stefan Rudnicki (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 25, 2008)
9781433210310 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.95
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
With Stefan Rudnicki (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 25, 2008); titled "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America"
9781433210280 | details & prices | 6.75 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $90.00
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Stefan Rudnicki (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 25, 2008); titled "The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America"
9781433210297 | details & prices | 4.00 × 6.00 × 2.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $29.95
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
With Stefan Rudnicki (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 25, 2008); titled "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America"
9781433210273 | details & prices | List price $72.95
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
About: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books.
Prebinding
1 reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 9, 2009)
9781442002050 | details & prices | 456 pages | List price $25.00
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