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Two-bit culture : the paperbacking of America

Author
Davis, Kenneth C.
Title
Two-bit culture : the paperbacking of America / Kenneth C. Davis.
Format
Book
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
Description
xvi, 430 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-407) and index. Also issued online.
Contents
  • 1. In the beginning, there was Spock
  • 2. Complete and unabridged
  • 3. Winning friends and influencing people
  • 4. They were expendable
  • 5. The case of the mysterious millions
  • 6. Penguin hatches twins
  • 7. Two-bit culture : the great contradiction
  • 8. The lady goes to court
  • 9. The new age dawns
  • 10. The new age : from Roth to Robbins
  • 11. A million dollars for a Jewish bird?
  • Appendix. Fifty paperbacks that changed America.
Kinsey subjects
Popular press--United States. Popular culture studies. Literature.
ISBN
0395343984 9780395343982 0395355354 (pbk.) 9780395355350 (pbk.)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
070 D28 t9 1984
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute