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Aaron, Hank, 431 ABC network: innovations at, 362, 365-66, 779; mergers with, 463; televised Senate hearings of, 332 Abell, Arunah Shepherdson, 22 Ace in the Hole, 318 "Achy Breaky Heart," 473 Ackroyd, Dan, 425 acrobats, 7, 73, 78, 79, 86, 118 Action Comics, 261 Action Girl, 454 Acuff, Roy, 320, 415, 419, 420 Acuff-Rose Publications, 320 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus, 79 Adams, David Wallace, 103, 105 Adams, Henry, 100 Adams, John, 6 Adams, John Quincy, 38 Adams, K. S. "Bud," 366 Adams, Neal, 432 Adams, Sam, 6 Addams, Charles, 319 Addams, Jane, 143, 144, 151,152,154, 159 Adidas, 476 Adventures of Kathlyn, The, 173 advertising, 280; and consensus, 298, 350; and consumerism, 195-97; and counter culture, 349-50, 393; and "culture of cool," 466-67; and hip-hop, 467; and national marketing, 162; and 1950s, 298-99; and 1980s, 298-99; and protest, x, 351; and race, 332; and radio, 214-15, 250-53, 279; and tax code of 1942, 279; and television, 297-99, 358 advice manuals, 43, 69, 111 Advise and Consent, 385 Aerosmith, 476 Afghanistan, 500 Afrika Bambaataa, 436 "After the Ball," 162 Agee, James, 172 Agency, The, 498 Agnew, Spiro, 370, 394 Ailes, Roger, 505, 509 "Ain't It a Shame," 346 Albee, Edward Franklin, 120-21, 130, 132, 137 Albert, Don, 238 Aida, Alan, 406, 445 Alger, Horatio, 36, 146 Ali, Muhammad, 368-69, 426-27, 436, 455 Alias, 498 Alice Cooper, 411,412,504 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 269, 278 "All Coons Look Alike to Me," 88 Allen, Michael, 553 n 65 Allen, Debbie, 462 Allen, Fred, 121, 123 Allen, Gracie, 256 Allen, Henry, 329 Allen, Robert, 113, 114 Allen, Woody, 316, 407 All in the Family, 404, 405-6, 407, 425, 447,457 Allyson, June, 277 al-Queda, 500 Altamont rock concert, 395,410 Altman, Robert, 400, 402, 406, 423 Amateur Athletic Union, 242 amateur nights, 121 Ambrose, Stephen, 498 614 INDEX America: A Tribute to Heroes, 496 American Association of Advertising Agencies , 279 American Association of Baseball Clubs, 99 American Bandstand, 346 American Basketball Association (ABA), 367-68 American Beauty, 491 American Bible Society, 46 American Boy, 178 American Burlesque Association, 200 American Business Consultants, 296 "American Century, The," 282, 311 American Circus Corporation, 221 American Coalition for Traditional Values, 510 American Company, 7 American Express, 467, 469 American Federation of Musicians (AFM), 320 American Football League (AFL), 366-68 American Graffiti, 421 American League, 150-51, 240, 372 American Medical Association (AMA), 360 American Museum, 32, 33, 71, 74, 77 "American Pie," 411 American Professional Football Association, 241 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), 249-50 American Sunday-School Union, 76 American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), 214,466 American Tennis Association, 553 n 66 American Tract Society, 46 America Online, 493 Amos 'n' Andy, 254-55 amusement parks, 1-7, 132-42, 220-21; breaking loose, 139-41; and class, 13, 141-42; as disturbers, 139, 141-42; and gender, 140; and Great Depression, 221; as managed environments; 141-42; and race, 140; as reassuring, 138; spread of, 138-39; technology of, 133-41; and World War II, 270. See also Coney Island ; Disneyland Ancier, Garth, 462 Anderson, Brian, 506 Anderson, John, 474 Anderson, Margaret, 331 Andrews Sisters, 277 Andy Griffith Show, The, 381 Angelou, Maya, 244 animal baiting, 2 Animal Crackers, 229 animal protection societies, 75 Annie, 420 Ann's Other Place, 474-75 Another Language, 223 Anthony Comstock's Society for the Suppression of Vice, 93 anti-Semitism, 192, 242, 327 antitrust, 294, 366, 370, 442 "Any Time Annie," 223 Apocalypse Now, 423 Apprentice, The, 500 Archie Comics, 433 Are You Hot? 499 Argosy, 161 Arledge, Roone P., 448-49, 456-57 Armat, Thomas, 156 Armey, Dick, 481 Armstrong, Howard, 379 Armstrong, Louis, 205, 206, 207, 234, 324, 516 Arnaz, Desi, 331 Arnold, Eddie, 323 Arrowhead, 295 Arthur, Charline, 322 Arthur, Timothy Shaw, 49 As Good As It Gets, 498 Ashby, Steve, 561n. 94 Asher, Bill, 513 Asiatic Caravan, Museum, and Menagerie, 76 As Nasty as They Want to Be, 478 Association of Country Entertainers, 420 "As Time Goes By," 303 Astor Place Opera House, 20, 47, 48 Astor Place Riot, 48- 49, 52, 69, 81 A-Team, The, 459 Atkins, Chet, 322, 341, 383, 419 Atkins, Cholly, 346-47 Atlanta Braves, 487, 493 Atlanta Hawks, 487, 493 Atlantic Records, 335, 391,418, 493 At Mother's Request, 460 Atom-Age Combat, 311 atomic bomb, 282 Attack, 328 "Attack on...

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