Pop Culture Universe
Icons, Idols, Ideas (Academic)
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A recipient of the American Library Association's prestigious Dartmouth medal, Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas applies an academic lens to U.S. history through the study of popular culture. Curated and created by historians, cultural critics, and award winning authors, this full library presents more than 4,200 primary sources and more than 3,700 reference articles, as well as 100 scholarly essays spanning each decade from the 1900s to today. The primary sources—including documents, photographs, video, and audio—give life to the names, moments, works, and trends that have shaped American pop culture, from the Gibson Girls of the early 20th century to the social media landscape of the 21st century.
Highlights
- Approximately 100 scholarly essays by accomplished authors that delve into such hot topics as hip-hop culture, depictions of Native Americans, and censorship
- More than 3,700 reference articles created for the database or adapted, updated, and reedited from award-winning content from Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, and ABC-CLIO
- More than 3,600 images providing vivid illustration for significant moments in American popular culture, from the emergence of baseball as a national pastime to the emergence of film and the publication of The Jungle
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- Topic Centers
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1900s: The Age of Innocence
• The 1900s |
1930s: The Great Depression
• The 1930s |
1960s: Swingin' Sixties
• The 1960s |
1990s: The Information Age
• The 1990s |
1910s: The Age of Opulence
• The 1910s |
1940s: The War Years
• The 1940s |
1970s: The Me Decade
• The 1970s |
2000s: Networked Nation
• The 2000s |
1920s: The Roaring Twenties
• The 1920s |
1950s: Cold War and Conformity
• The 1950s |
1980s: The Big Eighties
• The 1980s |
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- Reviews/Endorsements
Reviews
"Pop Culture Universe is ... all about substance. From one perspective, it is an exceptionally clever way to repurpose existing reference content. More significantly, it also includes dozens of lengthy, original essays that are geared toward an academic audience and were written exclusively for this product. This feature makes for a resource that students and researchers of popular culture will happily explore at length."
—Library Journal
"Entertaining and informative, social studies teachers will appreciate this database. . . . Recommended."—Library Media Connection
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