Kammen, Michael G, <br/><br/>
American culture, American tastes :  social change and the 20th century /  [print] 
Michael Kammen. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  (c)1999. 
 - xxvii, 320 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Coming to terms with defining terms --  Culture democratized: distinction or degradation? --  Consumerism, Americanism, and the phasing of popular culture --  Popular culture in transition--and in its prime --  Blurring the boundaries between taste levels --  Cultural criticism and the transformation of cultural authority --  The gradual emergence of mass culture and its critics --  Mass culture in more recent times: passive and/or participatory? --  Historians and the problem of popular culture in recent times --  Meetings of the minds? Moving beyond customary categories. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Social change--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E169.K15.A447 1999 E169