3. Drowning in Pictures

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Culture
5. 2. The Spaces People Share: The Changing Social Geography of American Life 11
6. 3. Drowning in Pictures 36
7. 4. Popular Music and Technology 57
8. 5. Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Postwar World 79
9. 6. The Culture of Work 106
10. 7. The Military, Sport, and Warrior Culture 131
11. 8. Death, Mourning, and Memorial Culture 155
12. 9. The Commerce of Culture and Criticism 179
13. Part II. Politics
14. 10. Domestic Containment: The Downfall of Postwar Idealism and Left Dissent, 1945–1950 201
15. 11. Without Restraint: Scandal and Politics in America 226
16. 12. Television, Democracy, and Presidential Politics 255
17. 13. Gender and the Transformation of Politics 285
18. 14. Which Sides Are You On? Religion, Sexuality, and Culture- War Politics 311
19. 15. The New Alchemy: Technology, Consumerism, and Environmental Advocacy 340
20. 16. Citizenship and the Problem of Desire in the Postwar Labor and Civil Rights Movements 366
21. 17. What Price Victory? American Intellectuals and the Problem of Cold War Democracy 402
22. Part III. Government
23. 18. Managerial Capitalism Contested: Government Policy, Culture, and Corporate Investment 427
24. 19. Federal Education Policy and Politics 455
25. Contributors 477
26. Index 481