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BL
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625286
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Halton, Eugene
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| Title & Author
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The great brain suck : : and other American epiphanies /\ Eugene Halton
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2008
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xiii, 319 p., [4] p. of plates :: ill. (some col.) ;; 24 cm
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9780226314655 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226314650 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780226314662 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0226314669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index
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| Contents
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The great brain suck -- Out of the fifties -- Interlude : go man go -- The hunter-gatherers' world's fair -- Life, literature, and sociology in turn-of-the century Chicago -- Communicating democracy : or shine, perishing republic -- Lem's master's voice -- An American epiphany in Nashville -- The house on Mount Misery -- The art and craft of home -- Europiphanies -- The last days of Lewis Mumford -- Teleparodies -- His one leg
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National characteristics, American
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Popular culture-- United States
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Political culture-- United States
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United States, Civilization
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United States, Intellectual life
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United States, Social conditions
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United States, Politics and government
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| Dewey Classification
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973
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E169.1.H225 2008
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