Author: TROW, George W.S.
Title: Within the Context of No Context
Publication: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1981)
Description: Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. First time in book form. Originally printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980 and was the first time the magazine dedicated its central section to one writing. This long essay is an indictment of how television destroyed America's sense of public culture and history, as well as how television marketing demographics have divided people based on age and arbitrarily assigned them characteristics that have replaced historical context. The essay has since become a touchstone amongst intellectuals and was reprinted 1992.
Seller ID: 314016
