Mechanical Bride

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-11-01
Publisher(s): Gingko Pr Inc
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Summary

This is the book that first established Marshall McLuhan's reputation as onef the foremost critics of mass communications. This book demonstrates howass entertainment and suggestion make information irrelevant, and shows howex was first used to sell industrial hardware. We live in an age in whichighly educated professionals dedicate themselves to the task of entering theollective public mind with the object of manipulating, exploiting, andontrolling. In the mid-20th-century McLuhan was the first to draw attentiono this phenomenon.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Marshall McLuhan
New Introduction ix
P. Meggs
Front Page
3(2)
Nose for News
5(4)
The Ballet Luce
9(2)
The Revolution Is Intact
11(3)
Deep Consolation
14(2)
Charlie McCarthy
16(2)
The Sage of Waldorf Towers
18(3)
Freedom to Listen
21(2)
Book of the Hour
23(3)
Roast Duck with Jefferson
26(3)
Crime Does Not Pay
29(3)
Know-How
32(3)
Executive Ability
35(3)
Heading for Failure
38(2)
Plain Talk
40(3)
The Great Books
43(3)
Galluputians
46(2)
Market Research
48(3)
Emily Post
51(2)
Co-Education
53(2)
The Poor Rich
55(1)
Men of Distinction
56(4)
How Not to Offend
60(2)
Li'l Abner
62(2)
Orphan Annie
64(2)
Bringing Up Father
66(2)
Blondie
68(2)
The Bold Look
70(3)
From Top to Toe
73(3)
Looking Up to My Son
76(2)
Eye Appeal
78(2)
Woman in a Mirror
80(2)
Husband's Choice
82(3)
Magic that Changes Mood
85(3)
The Drowned Man
88(2)
The Voice of the Lab
90(3)
Love-Goddess Assembly Line
93(5)
The Mechanical Bride
98(4)
Superman
102(1)
Tarzan
103(1)
The Corpse as Still Life
104(3)
From Da Vinci to Holmes
107(3)
First Breakfast at Home
110(3)
Understanding America
113(4)
Freedom---American Style
117(1)
Cokes and Cheesecake
118(3)
Love Novice
121(2)
The Law of the Jungle
123(3)
Education
126(3)
I'm Tough
129(3)
What It Takes to Stay In
132(3)
Murder the Umpire
135(3)
I am the Bill of Rights
138(3)
The Tough as Narcissus
141(4)
Bogart Hero
145(2)
Pollyanna Digest
147(4)
Money in Comics
151(1)
Corset Success Curve
152(2)
Horse Opera and Soap Opera
154

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