20th Century Pop Culture

by Dan Epstein

Tracing the cultural trends of the last one hundred years, a richly illustrated overview of American popular culture chronicles the evolution of everything from the first mass-produced goods to popular music and dance crazes to the World Wide Web.

Genres: Pop Culture, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Ed Wagemann · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are two Guns N’ Roses’ songs that every YouTuber, podcaster, blogger – let alone the mainstream media – avoids like the plague:

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[Steve Penner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure there is much value in this book other than a walk through the land of nostalgia. It was mildly interesting to read the 20 years prior to my memory and see how early some technologies and fads became established. Some of the timeline of events were worth reviewing. I realized how little I attention I paid to pop culture from the late '80's to the late '90's. Not much use beyond this. Doesn't even make a good coffee table book due to its stark orange cover. Will be resold I'm sure.

[Christa · Rating 3 out of 5]

We used the 80's section during our college radio show. Its like a VH1 clip show you have to read.

[Megan]

I read the 90s version. I think this book made me finally realize how long ago the 90s were and will break me of the habit of thinking the 90s were 10 years ago.