Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan

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:	9780807899205
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	02/03/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	2 MB

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

“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

From the Publisher