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• catalog abstract "Pop culture meets pop reference in this irreverent tour of twenty unlikely events, innovations, and individuals that forever changed how we live today -- the food we eat, the places we live, the love we make, the fads we follow, the clothes we wear, the products we buy, and much more. Veteran journalists Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger make the offbeat their beat, revealing the odd, surprising, and amusing origins of inexplicable cultural phenomena. From slam dunks to rock 'n' roll punks, permanent press to pantyhose, black velvet painting to point-click culture, high-tech diapers to low-brow entertainment -- they cover sports, business, music, media, film, fashion, and science, and explain a lot about why life today is so weird: If homeowners hate yardwork, why do most suburban homes have lawns? In the best-fed country on earth, how did thin become "in"? When did the "convenience" of convenience food become more important than the food? Was the sexual revolution really sparked by the disastrous honeymoon of a science geek? Why are today's multimillion-dollar design and marketing plans for cars based on the biggest failure in automotive history? How did the invention of air conditioning radically rebalance political power and affect the paths of presidents? The untold, unexpected, sometimes unholy stories are here, providing instant inside knowledge and richly entertaining insights into how and why we live as we do.".
• catalog contributor b13113063.
• catalog contributor b13113064.
• catalog coverage "United States Civilization 20th century Anecdotes.".
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-270) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: How'd things get so weird? -- Frank J. Scott's great green manifesto -- The birth of cool -- How thin became in -- Alfred Kinsey's honeymoon -- The rise of tacky chic -- Les Paul's "log" -- Wrestling with a contradiction -- The war against wrinkles -- The king of leer -- The wonder garment -- Thaws and effect -- Hell on wheels -- The first angry mike man -- The supertanker diaper -- When mayhem went postmodern -- Dawn of the point-click culture -- The righteous stuff -- Betty Ford's intervention -- From E.T. to "astroturfing" -- The toink! heard round the world -- Think we blew it?".
• catalog description "Pop culture meets pop reference in this irreverent tour of twenty unlikely events, innovations, and individuals that forever changed how we live today -- the food we eat, the places we live, the love we make, the fads we follow, the clothes we wear, the products we buy, and much more. Veteran journalists Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger make the offbeat their beat, revealing the odd, surprising, and amusing origins of inexplicable cultural phenomena. From slam dunks to rock 'n' roll punks, permanent press to pantyhose, black velvet painting to point-click culture, high-tech diapers to low-brow entertainment -- they cover sports, business, music, media, film, fashion, and science, and explain a lot about why life today is so weird: If homeowners hate yardwork, why do most suburban homes have lawns? In the best-fed country on earth, how did thin become "in"? When did the "convenience" of convenience food become more important than the food? Was the sexual revolution really sparked by the disastrous honeymoon of a science geek? Why are today's multimillion-dollar design and marketing plans for cars based on the biggest failure in automotive history? How did the invention of air conditioning radically rebalance political power and affect the paths of presidents? The untold, unexpected, sometimes unholy stories are here, providing instant inside knowledge and richly entertaining insights into how and why we live as we do.".
• catalog extent "xix, 284 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0060535318".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : HarperResource,".
• catalog spatial "United States Civilization 20th century Anecdotes.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "306/.0973 21".
• catalog subject "E169.1 .S63 2004".
• catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 20th century Anecdotes.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: How'd things get so weird? -- Frank J. Scott's great green manifesto -- The birth of cool -- How thin became in -- Alfred Kinsey's honeymoon -- The rise of tacky chic -- Les Paul's "log" -- Wrestling with a contradiction -- The war against wrinkles -- The king of leer -- The wonder garment -- Thaws and effect -- Hell on wheels -- The first angry mike man -- The supertanker diaper -- When mayhem went postmodern -- Dawn of the point-click culture -- The righteous stuff -- Betty Ford's intervention -- From E.T. to "astroturfing" -- The toink! heard round the world -- Think we blew it?".
• catalog title "Poplorica : a popular history of the fads, mavericks, inventions, and lore that shaped modern America / Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger.".
• catalog type "Anecdotes. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".