The Waltons: Nostalgia and Myth in Seventies America

by Mike Chopra-Gant

The period in which The Waltons appeared on television screens was socially and politically volatile; a testing time in which Americans grappled with 'stagflation', rising oil prices, defeat in Vietnam, political corruption at the highest levels and the aftermath of the seismic political shifts that originated in the countercultural movements of the preceding decade. In this fascinating book, Mike Chopra-Gant demonstrates how the Waltons offered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848850298
• ISBN13: 9781848850293
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"