---

This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes.

---

Introduction: Culture and Nationhood Vaudeville: Temple for the Century Outsider Art: American Popular Song Silent Film: Privatizing Experience Censorship, Class and Culture Isadora Duncan and the Spirit of Modernism Cultural Communities and Cultural Consequences Modern Art Meets Modern Marketing: the Armory Show Unambiguous Ambition: Eugene O´Neill and the Provincetown Players The Politics of Culture: The Singing Army Epilogue: Broadcasting Begins

---

"Patricia Bradley has a unique way of looking at American media - whether it be broadcasting, vaudeville, or silent film - within a culture building context. Her forte is rejecting standard professional history and analyzing media as a cultural artifact and force intermixed with politics. Bradley examines media content and production within celebrated American values such as the entrepreneurial impulse. This book is a must read for those who want a greater understanding of culture without the usual jargon that accompanies such works. Bradley is a gifted scholar and writer." - Jean Folkerts, Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

---

PATRICIA BRADLEY is the former chair of the Department of Journalism and former director of the American Studies Department at Temple University, USA.

---