Commies, Cowboys, and Jungle Queens Comic Books and America, 1945-1954

Name: Commies, Cowboys, and Jungle Queens Comic Books and America, 1945-1954
Price: 7.93 USD
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ISBN: 9780819563385

ISBN-10: 0819563382

ISBN-13: 9780819563385

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: William W. Savage

List price: $15.95

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In addition to their entertainment value, comic books offered a unique world-view to a large segment of the American public in the confusing decade following World War II. Millions were distributed to service personnel during the war years, and by 1945, adults as well as children were reading an astounding 60 million comic books per month. These books treated such contemporary concerns as the atomic and hydrogen bombs, growth of international Communism, and the Korean War, and they offered heroes and heroines to deal with such problems. In response to moral criticism, the industry established a Comics Code that specified acceptable content. The code prohibited most of what had appeared in…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 4/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 165
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.55" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




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The Bomb



The Red Menace



Korea



The Cowboy Crusade



Society and Change



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