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Entertainment nation : how music, television, film, sports, and theater shaped the United States / How music, television, film, sports, and theater shaped the United States National Museum of American History ; edited by Kenneth Cohen and John W. Troutman ; foreword by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ; director's note by Anthea M. Hartig ; principal photography by Jaclyn Nash. - 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Catalog of an ever-changing selection from its collection of theater, music, sports, movie and television objects held by the National Museum of American History under the banner of "Entertaiment Nation" exhibited since December 2022.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.

Harmony and discord -- Signal and noise -- Comedy and tragedy -- Gaining and losing ground -- Heroes and villians.

"U.S. history gets the star treatment with this essential guide to the Smithsonian's first permanent exhibition on pop culture"--

ISBN: 9781588347244 (hardcover) 1588347249 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2022019744

Subjects--Corporate Names:
National Museum of American History (U.S.)--Catalogs.
National Museum of American History (U.S.)--Catálogos

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Arte y sociedad--Estados Unidos --Catálogos
Cultura popular --Historia --Estados Unidos --Catálogos

LC Class. No.: 002 E 169.12 / N277e 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 306.0973/074