Telethons
Spectacle, Disability, and the Business of Charity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6567412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul K Longmore |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 360 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Telethons (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Incorporated (PUBLISHER) |
| Wikidata | Q116265532 |
| OpenAlex | W2497220750 |
| Open Library | OL28578170M |
| ISBN | 9780190262075 |
| Language | EN |
"Marshaling two decades' worth of painstaking research, Paul Longmore's book provides the first cultural history of the telethon, charting its rise and profiling the key figures--philanthropists, politicians, celebrities, corporate sponsors, and recipients--involved"
Business · Charity organizations · Fund raising · Political science · Spectacle · Television programs · American Sports and Literature · Cinema and Media Studies · Disability Rights and Representation · Law · Music History and Culture · South Asian Cinema and Culture · 20th century · Charity organization · Disabilities · History · Media Studies · People with disabilities in mass media · Social aspects · Social history · Social Science · Sociology of disability · Telethons · united states
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |