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Radio's America: The Great Depression and the rise of modern culture.

Publication: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Radio's America: The Great Depression and the rise of modern culture.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Lenthall, B. (2007). Radio's America: The Great Depression and the rise of modern culture. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 261 pages.

Radio realized its fullest potential during the 1930s when the nation's future prospects seemed to have evaporated as the consequence of economic collapse. The year the stock market imploded was also the year radio's most popular program--Amos 'n' Andy--debuted. It, and myriad programs like it, was exactly what the beleaguered audience sought...

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