{"product_id":"television-a-biography-9780500519165","title":"Television: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson's stature delivering a critical history, or \"biography\" of the six-decade television era, will be a significant event which could not be more timely. With \u003cem\u003eTelevision\u003c\/em\u003e, the critic and film historian who wrote what \u003cem\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/em\u003e's readers called \"the most important film book of the last 50 years\" has finally turned his unique powers of observation to the medium that has swallowed film whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver twenty-two thematically organized chapters, Thomson brings his provocatively insightful and unique voice to the life of what was television. David Thomson surveying a Boschian landscape, illuminated by that singular glow--always \"on\"--and peopled by everyone from Donna Reed to Dennis Potter, will be the first complete history of the defining medium of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500519165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.40w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452166434997,"sku":"9780500519165","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9c2038c6-514e-44ee-8199-c1d7dff341f6.jpg?v=1776826000","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/television-a-biography-9780500519165","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}