The image : a guide to pseudo-events in America

New York.: Atheneum., 1987.. Paperback. Good. 21 cm. x,319p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial. Idioma Inglés. Daniel J. Boorstin, with a new foreword by the author and an afterword by George F. Will[Original title: The image, or, What happened to the American dream ]. Bibliography: p. 263-294. Boorstin. [The image, or, What happened to the American dream. ]. Atheneum paperbacks 173. First ed. published under title: The image; or, What happened to the American dream. Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-294) and index. Online version:: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004. Image. New York : Atheneum, 1971, 1975 printing, ©1961 Local: (OCoLC)654822614. Contents Extravagant expectations -- From news gathering to news making : a flood of pseudo-events -- From hero to celebrity : the human pseudo-event -- From traveler to tourist : the lost art of travel -- From shapes to shadows : dissolving forms -- From ideal to image : the search for self-fulfilling prophecies -- From the American dream to American illusions? The self-deceiving magic of prestige . ISBN: 0689702809 National characteristics, American, Popular culture, United States, Since 1945, Geschichte 1900-1980