More: The Vanishing of Scale in an Over-the-Top Nation

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More The Vanishing of Scale in an over-the-Top Nation Ronald Bishop BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS © 2011 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798-7363 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic , mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of Baylor University Press. Cover Design by Book Designers Cover Image © Shutterstock/Eric Isselée Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bishop, Ronald, 1961More : the vanishing of scale in an over-the-top nation / Ronald Bishop. 299 p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60258-258-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Culture. 2. Mass media and culture. I. Title. HM621.B57 2011 302.230973’09045--dc22 2010052530 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper with a minimum of 30% pcw recycled content. For Sheila: “And when you linger late in shops, I long to telephone the cops.” ...