Fireside Politics: Radio and Political Culture in the United States, 1920-1940

by Douglas B. Craig

Book Overview

In Fireside Politics, Douglas B. Craig provides the first detailed and complete examination of radio's changing role in American political culture between 1920 and 1940--the medium's golden age, when it commanded huge national audiences without competition from television. Craig follows the evolution of radio into a commercialized, networked, and regulated industry, and ultimately into an essential tool for winning political campaigns and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801864399
• ISBN13: 9780801864391
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"