The Revolution Wasn't Televised: Sixties Television and Social Conflict

The Revolution Wasn't Televised explores the central role that prime time television played in the social conflicts of the 1960s, and often in surprising ways. From the Smothers Brothers and Patty Duke to The Outer Limits and Dennis the Menace, from Lawrence Welk and doctor shows to video violence a [...]
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The Revolution Wasn't Televised explores the central role that prime time television played in the social conflicts of the 1960s, and often in surprising ways. From the Smothers Brothers and Patty Duke to The Outer Limits and Dennis the Menace, from Lawrence Welk and doctor shows to video violence and the reportage of racial conflict, The Revolution Wasn't Televised tunes the reader in; to sixties culture and its nationally syndicated struggle with sexuality, social control, popular memory, youth rebellion, nationalism, globalization, and pleasure.