| 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 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1988 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" (1.69 lbs) 406 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |