Icons of American Popular Culture: From P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez
, by Cottrell,Robert C.- ISBN: 9780765622983 | 076562298X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/15/2009
This appealing book traces the evolution of American popular culture over the past two centuries. In ten chapters, each revolving around the lives of two remarkable individuals who are in some way emblamatic of their times, it provides an intriguing window on the social, economic, and political history of America from the antebellum period to the present.