The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
- ISBN-10
- 0312428235
- ISBN-13
- 9780312428235
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 434
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-02-03
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- David Hajdu
Description
Examines the influence of comic books on the evolution of American popular culture in the years between World War II and the emergence of television, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, and a right-wing Congress.
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