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Halton, Eugene.

The great brain suck and other American epiphanies / [electronic resource] : Eugene Halton. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xiii, 319 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index.

The great brain suck -- Out of the fifties -- Interlude : go man go -- The hunter-gatherers' world's fair -- Life, literature, and sociology in turn-of-the century Chicago -- Communicating democracy : or shine, perishing republic -- Lem's master's voice -- An American epiphany in Nashville -- The house on Mount Misery -- The art and craft of home -- Europiphanies -- The last days of Lewis Mumford -- Teleparodies -- His one leg.


Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780226314679 (electronic bk.) 0226314677 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
National characteristics, American.
Popular culture--United States.
Political culture--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Civilization.
United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Social conditions.
United States--Politics and government.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E169.1 / .H225 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973