Making Roots : a nation captivated / Matthew F. Delmont.
Delmont, Matthew F., author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2016
E185.97.H24 D45 2016
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Title Making Roots : a nation captivated / Matthew F. Delmont.
Author Delmont, Matthew F., author.
ISBN 9780520965133 (electronic bk.)
0520965132 (electronic bk.)
9780520291324
0520291328
9780520291324
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource ( x, 264 pages)
Call Number E185.97.H24 D45 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 973/.0496073
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Available Note 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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