The image: a guide to pseudo-events in America/ Daniel J. Boorstin
Imprint
New York : Atheneum, 1973
Edition
1st ed
Descript
315 p. : 21 cm
CONTENT
From news gathering to news making: a flood of pseudo-events -- From hero to celebrity: the human pseudo-event -- From traveler to tourist: the lost art of travel -- From shapes to shadows: dissolving forms -- From ideal to image: the search for self-fulfilling prophecies -- From the American dream to American illusions? the self-deceiving magic of prestige