{"product_id":"charlie-browns-america-the-popular-politics-of-peanuts-hardcover","title":"Charlie Brown's America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBlake Scott Ball\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDespite--or because of--its huge popular culture status, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through the voices of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e gang.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn postwar America, there was no newspaper comic strip more recognizable than Charles Schulz's \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e. It was everywhere, not just in thousands of daily newspapers. For nearly fifty years, \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e was a mainstay of American popular culture in television, movies, and merchandising, from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to the White House to the breakfast table. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost people have come to associate \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e with the innocence of childhood, not the social and political turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. Some have even argued that \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e was so beloved because it was apolitical. The truth, as Blake Scott Ball shows, is that \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e was very political. Whether it was the battles over the Vietnam War, racial integration, feminism, or the future of a nuclear world, \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e was a daily conversation about very real hopes and fears and the political realities of the Cold War world. As thousands of fan letters, interviews, and behind-the-scenes documents reveal, Charles Schulz used his comic strip to project his ideas to a mass audience and comment on the rapidly changing politics of America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharlie Brown's America\u003c\/em\u003e covers all of these debates and much more in a historical journey through the tumultuous decades of the Cold War as seen through the eyes of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy and the rest of the \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e gang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlake Scott Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Huntingdon College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503655927986,"sku":"9780190090463","price":51.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ff8fd8ec45663ea91c2b0c928194fc4a.webp?v=1779495839","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/charlie-browns-america-the-popular-politics-of-peanuts-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}