Book Your Summer Shop NowBook Your Summer Shop Now
Add Item to wish listAdd Item to wish list
Read sample

Only the Names Have Been Changed: Dragnet, the Police Procedural, and Postwar Culture

By Claudia Calhoun
eBook
$34.95
By Claudia Calhoun
Membership Card Icon

Collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5. Learn More

Formats
See All Formats & Editions
Select a store to view item availability.

Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library

NOOK App

Download NOOK app

NOOK Devices

NOOK eReaders

  • NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
  • NOOK GlowLight 4e
  • NOOK GlowLight 4
  • NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
  • NOOK GlowLight 3
  • NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"

NOOK Tablets

  • NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
  • NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
  • NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
  • NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
  • NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]

Free NOOK Reading Apps

  • NOOK for iOS
  • NOOK for Android

BN.com website

Go to your Digital Library in My Account

Winner of the 2022 Peter C. Rollins Book Prize, Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA)

In the postwar era, the police procedural series Dragnet informed Americans on the workings of the criminal justice system and instructed them in their responsibilities as citizens.

Among shifting politics, tastes, and technology in television history, one genre has been remarkably persistent: the cop show. Claudia Calhoun returns to Dragnet, the pioneering police procedural and an early transmedia...

Categories

Music, Film & Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsGeneral & Miscellaneous Performing Arts