The Resource Making Roots : a nation captivated, Matthew F. Delmont
Making Roots : a nation captivated, Matthew F. Delmont
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The item Making Roots : a nation captivated, Matthew F. Delmont represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976 it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the first time, Americans saw slavery as an integral part of the nation's history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A & E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making Roots, Matthew F. Delmont looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history. Delmont investigates the decisions that led Alex Haley, Doubleday, and ABC to invest in the story of Kunta Kinte, uncovering how Haley's original, modest book proposal developed into an unprecedented cultural phenomenon
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 264 pages
- Contents
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- Before this anger
- The Gambia
- Speaking Roots
- Writing Roots
- Producing Roots
- Reading Roots
- Watching Roots
- A troublesome property
- Isbn
- 9780520291324
- Label
- Making Roots : a nation captivated
- Title
- Making Roots
- Title remainder
- a nation captivated
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew F. Delmont
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976 it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the first time, Americans saw slavery as an integral part of the nation's history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A & E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making Roots, Matthew F. Delmont looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history. Delmont investigates the decisions that led Alex Haley, Doubleday, and ABC to invest in the story of Kunta Kinte, uncovering how Haley's original, modest book proposal developed into an unprecedented cultural phenomenon
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- CU-S/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Delmont, Matthew F
- Dewey number
- 973/.0496073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.97.H24
- LC item number
- D45 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Haley, Alex
- HISTORY / Social History
- HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
- Label
- Making Roots : a nation captivated, Matthew F. Delmont
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Before this anger -- The Gambia -- Speaking Roots -- Writing Roots -- Producing Roots -- Reading Roots -- Watching Roots -- A troublesome property
- Control code
- 1723682
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520291324
- Lccn
- 2016002212
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026238081
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780520291324
- (OCoLC)936205566
- Label
- Making Roots : a nation captivated, Matthew F. Delmont
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Before this anger -- The Gambia -- Speaking Roots -- Writing Roots -- Producing Roots -- Reading Roots -- Watching Roots -- A troublesome property
- Control code
- 1723682
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520291324
- Lccn
- 2016002212
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026238081
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780520291324
- (OCoLC)936205566
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