The second edition of Popular Culture in American History updates the text for a contemporary readership and explores academic developments in this area of study over the last decade.

• Fully revised second edition with over 50 percent new material
• Compact and classroom-friendly format
• Includes the best writing on popular culture from the 1970s onwards
• Essays examine pivotal moments, issues, and genres in American popular culture, from the ‘penny press’ to the Internet

Jim Cullen is Chair of the high-profile Fieldston School in New York, and a book review editor for the History News Network. His published works include The Civil War Era: An Anthology of Sources (with L. Cullen-Sizer, Wiley-Blackwell, 2005), Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think About History, Second Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), and Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions (2013).