TY - GEN N2 - Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017 tracks the transformation of liberal thought in the contemporary United States through the unique lens of the popular paperback. The book focuses on cultural shifts as they appear in works written by some of the most widely-read authors of the last fifty years: the idea of love within a New Economy (Danielle Steel), the role of government in scientific inquiry (Michael Crichton), entangled political alliances and legacies in the aftermath of the 1960s (Tom Clancy), the restructured corporation (John Grisham), and the blurred line between state and personal empowerment (Dean Koontz). To address the current crisis, this book examines how the changed character of American liberalism has been rendered legible for a mass audience. DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-89387-7 DO - doi AB - Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017 tracks the transformation of liberal thought in the contemporary United States through the unique lens of the popular paperback. The book focuses on cultural shifts as they appear in works written by some of the most widely-read authors of the last fifty years: the idea of love within a New Economy (Danielle Steel), the role of government in scientific inquiry (Michael Crichton), entangled political alliances and legacies in the aftermath of the 1960s (Tom Clancy), the restructured corporation (John Grisham), and the blurred line between state and personal empowerment (Dean Koontz). To address the current crisis, this book examines how the changed character of American liberalism has been rendered legible for a mass audience. T1 - Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017. AU - Blouin, Michael J., CN - HM621-HM656 PB - Springer International Publishing. ID - 1359073 KW - Culture KW - Communication. KW - Fiction. KW - America SN - 3319893874 SN - 9783319893877 SN - 3319893866 SN - 9783319893860 SN - 9783319893884 SN - 3319893882 SN - 9783030077570 SN - 3030077578 TI - Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-89387-7 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-89387-7 ER -