The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy
Subtitle: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
By: Melvin Patrick Ely.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: The Free Press
Published: June 3, 1991
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: Amos 'n' Andy (Radio program); Amos 'n' Andy (Television program); African Americans in television broadcasting; African Americans on television; Broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Social conditions
First sentence: By ten o'clock on a snowy January evening in 1926, it had already been dark for hours.
Description: Explores the appeal of the show and follows the transformation from white actors to blacks on television.
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Printing statement: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
8 unnumbered pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 82 and 83.
8 unnumbered pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 178 and 179.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; label: 1. White Men, Black Voices
pagenum: 1; label: 2. Boyhood Dreams and Racial Myths
pagenum: 11; label: 3. Jefferson Snowball, Traveling Minstrel
pagenum: 26; label: 4. Inventing Radio and Toying with Color
pagenum: 47; label: 5. The Great Black Migration into America’s Living Room
pagenum: 64; label: 6. The Mystic Knights and Their Ladies
pagenum: 97; label: 7. Amos ‘n’ Andy’s Balancing Act
pagenum: 115; label: 8. A Changing Racial Landscape
pagenum: 130; label: 9. The Black Debate Begins
pagenum: 160; label: 10. “This Continuing Harm”
pagenum: 194; label: Epilogue: A New Day?
pagenum: 245; label: A Personal Postscript
pagenum: 255; label: Notes
pagenum: 259; label: A Word About Sources
pagenum: 301; label: Index
pagenum: 310