Things in the driver's seat; readings in popular culture.
- Chicago, Rand McNally [c1972]
- vi, 270 pages 23 cm.
- Rand McNally history of American thought and culture series .
Cronin, M. Currier and Ives: a content analysis.--Wolfe, B. Uncle Remus and the malevolent rabbit.--Littlefield, H. M. The Wizard of Oz: parable on populism.--Voigt, D. Q. America's manufactured villain--the baseball umpire.--Melder, F. E. The "Tin Lizzie's" golden anniversary.--Thurber, J. Wild Bird Hickok and his friends.--Young, W. H., Jr. The serious funnies: adventure comics during the depression, 1929-1938.--Warshow, R. The gangster as tragic hero.--Thurber, J. Food fun for the menfolk.--Harmon, J. Who knows what evil lurks.--Sorrentino, G. Remembrances of bop in New York, 1945-1950.--Junker, H. As they used to say in the 1950's.--La Farge, C. Mickey Spillane and his bloody hammer.--Morin, E. The case of James Dean.--Hopkins, J. The fans.--Stone, G. P. Halloween and the mass child.--Fox, J. R. Pueblo baseball: a new use of old witchcraft.--McMurtry, L. Here's Hud in your eye.--Bongartz, R. Remember bomb shelters?--Sonenschein, D. Love and sex in romance magazines.--Rembsberg, C. and B. Come alive, America.--Brunvand, J. H. As the saints go marching by: modern jokelore concerning Mormons.--Dessner, L. J. "Woodstock," a nation at war.--Sontag, S. The imagination of disaster.--References (bibliographical: p. 267-270)