Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-303) and index.
Comming 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 cusutomary categories.
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American culture, American tastes.
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Aesthetics-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Social change-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Aesthetics-- Social aspects.
Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
Populaire cultuur.
Popular culture.
Smaak (cultuur)
Social change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
Sociale verandering.
United States, Social life and customs, 20th century.