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Radio's America: The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture
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Radio's America: The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture
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Radio's America: The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture
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Orson Welles's greatest breakthrough into the popular consciousness occurred in 1938, three years before
, when his
radio broadcast succeeded so spectacularly that terrified listeners believed they were hearing a genuine report of an alien invasion--a landmark in the history of radio's powerful relationship with its audience. In
, Bruce Lenthall documents the enormous impact radio had on the lives of Depression-era Americans and charts the formative years of our modern mass culture.