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A Culture for Democracy: Mass Communication and the Cultivated Mind in Britain Between the Wars
Contributor(s): LeMahieu, D. L. (Author)

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ISBN: 0198201370     ISBN-13: 9780198201373
Publisher: Clarendon Press
OUR PRICE: $237.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: November 1988
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Annotation: The development of popular national daily newspapers, the cinema, the radio, the gramophone, and other forms of mass entertainment in early 20th-century Britain threatened to upset traditional patterns of British culture and engendered a determined opposition among writers, artists,
intellectuals, and others. This book explores the often antagonistic relationship between commercial and elite culture during this period. LeMahieu traces the rise of commercial culture, where success was measured by popularity rather than aesthetic merit, explores the responses of the cultivated
elites, and charts the gradual emergence of a common culture during the interwar period.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Questions & Answers
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 001.510
LCCN: 87031510
Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.48" W x 9.6" L (1.69 lbs) 408 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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The development of popular national daily newspapers, the cinema, the radio, the gramophone, and other forms of mass entertainment in early 20th-century Britain threatened to upset traditional patterns of British culture and engendered a determined opposition among writers, artists,
intellectuals, and others. This book explores the often antagonistic relationship between commercial and élite culture during this period. LeMahieu traces the rise of commercial culture, where success was measured by popularity rather than aesthetic merit, explores the responses of the cultivated
elites, and charts the gradual emergence of a common culture during the interwar period.
 
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