Making Roots

Making Roots
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780520291324
ISBN-13 : 0520291328
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Book Synopsis Making Roots by : Matthew F. Delmont

Download or read book Making Roots written by Matthew F. Delmont and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alex HaleyÕs 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 nationÕs history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A&E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making ÒRoots,Ó 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 HaleyÕs original, modest book proposal developed into an unprecedented cultural phenomenon.


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