Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination, from Amos 'n' Andy and Edward R. Murrow to Wolfman Jack and Howard Stern

Susan J. Douglas
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Susan Douglas, author of the much praised Where the Girls Are , explores how radio -- how we listened, where we listened, and whom we listened to -- has influenced the national psyche.
Genres: HistoryNonfictionMusicAmerican History
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