Making Roots : a nation captivated / Matthew F. Delmont.

Making Roots : a nation captivated / Matthew F. Delmont.

9780520965133 (electronic bk.)
0520965132 (electronic bk.)
9780520291324
0520291328
9780520291324

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

©2016

English

1 online resource ( x, 264 pages)

E185.97.H24 D45 2016

973/.0496073

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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