Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan / Edition 1

by Daniel J. Czitrom

Overview

In a fascinating and comprehensive intellectual history of modern communication in America, Daniel Czitrom examines the continuing contradictions between the progressive possibilities that new communications technologies offer and their use as instruments of domination and exploitation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807841075
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	01/24/1983
Edition description:	1
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Daniel J. Czitrom is professor of history at Mount Holyoke College.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Czitrom has produced a significant work that should be read by all scholars interested in the historical forces that have shaped modern American society.—American Historical Review

Among students of media, Czitrom has a refreshing lucidity.—Voice Literary Supplement

A compact, lucid guide to thinking about the media. . . . A trove of research findings and a fund of ideas.—Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

A compact, lucid guide to thinking about the media. . . . A trove of research findings and a fund of ideas. "Kirkus Reviews"

Among students of media, Czitrom has a refreshing lucidity. "Voice Literary Supplement"

"A compact, lucid guide to thinking about the media. . . . A trove of research findings and a fund of ideas. "Kirkus Reviews""

"Among students of media, Czitrom has a refreshing lucidity. "Voice Literary Supplement""

Czitrom has produced a significant work that should be read by all scholars interested in the historical forces that have shaped modern American society. "American Historical Review"

From the Publisher