{"product_id":"from-memory-to-history-television-versions-of-the-twentieth-century-9781978813816","title":"From Memory to History: Television Versions of the Twentieth Century","description":"Our understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible images of previous times. Yet such historical television programs always reveal just as much about the era in which they are produced as the era in which they are set; there are few more quintessentially late-90s shows than \u003ci\u003eThat '70s Show\u003c\/i\u003e, for example. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Memory to History \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers on a journey through over fifty years of historical dramas and sitcoms that were set in earlier decades of the twentieth century. Along the way, it explores how comedies like \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHogan's Heroes \u003c\/i\u003eoffered veiled commentary on the Vietnam War, how dramas ranging like \u003ci\u003eMad Men \u003c\/i\u003eechoed current economic concerns, and how \u003ci\u003eThe Americans \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHalt and Catch Fire \u003c\/i\u003eused the Cold War and the rise of the internet to reflect upon the present day. Cultural critic Jim Cullen is lively, informative, and incisive, and this book will help readers look at past times, present times, and prime time in a new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978813816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Jim Cullen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39463428128949,"sku":"9781978813816","price":27.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_58bc6adb-b8c3-4b76-9bf8-dcf0f3fbf7b3.jpg?v=1615924068","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-memory-to-history-television-versions-of-the-twentieth-century-9781978813816","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}