Author: Karal Ann Marling

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 9780674735293

Category: History

Page: 336

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From the painting-by-numbers fad to the public fascination with the First Lady's apparel to the television sensation of Elvis Presley to the sculptural refinement of the automobile, Marling explores what Americans saw and what they looked for in the 1950s with a gaze newly trained by TV.