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.