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Radio, Race, and Audible Difference in Post-1945 America

The Citizens Band

By: Art M. Blake

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Radio, Race, and Audible Difference in Post-1945 America

The Citizens Band

By: Art M. Blake

In the second half of the twentieth century, new sounds began to reverberate across the United States. The voices of African-Americans as well as of women, Latinx, queer, and trans people broke through in social movements, street protests, and in media stories of political and social disruption. Postwar America literally sounded different. This book argues that new technologies and new mobilities sharpened American attention to these audibly coded identities, on the radio, on the streets and highways, in new music, and on television. Covering the Puerto Rican migration to New York in the 1950s, the varying uses of CB radio by white and African American citizens in the 1970s, and the emergence of audible queerness, Art M. Blake attunes us to the sounds of race, mobility, and audible difference. As he argues, marginalized groups disrupted the postwar machine age by using new media technologies to make themselves heard.

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Springer Nature

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3030318419

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9783030318413

How New York Became American, 1890–1924

By: Art M. Blake

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How New York Became American, 1890–1924

By: Art M. Blake

Originally published in 2006. For many Americans at the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, the city of New York conjured dark images of crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants. In How New York Became American, 1890–1924, Art M. Blake explores how advertising professionals and savvy business leaders "reinvented" the city, creating a brand image of New York that capitalized on the trend toward pleasure travel. Blake examines the ways in which these early boosters built on the attention drawn to the city and its exotic populations to craft an image of New York City as America writ urban—a place where the arts flourished, diverse peoples lived together boisterously but peacefully, and where one could enjoy a visit. Drawing on a wide range of textual and visual primary sources, Blake guides the reader through New York's many civic identities, from the first generation of New York skyscrapers and their role in "Americanizing" the city to the promotion of Midtown as the city's definitive public face. His study ranges from the late 1890s into the early twentieth century, when the United States suddenly emerged as an imperial power, and the nation's industry, commerce, and culture stood poised to challenge Europe's global dominance. New York, the nation's largest city, became the de facto capital of American culture. Social reformers and tourism boosters, keen to see America's cities rival those of France or Britain, jockeyed for financial and popular support. Blake weaves a compelling story of a city's struggle for metropolitan and national status and its place in the national imagination.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

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1421439220

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9781421439228

Smart Calling

Eliminate the Fear, Failure, and Rejection from Cold Calling

By: Art Sobczak

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Smart Calling

Eliminate the Fear, Failure, and Rejection from Cold Calling

By: Art Sobczak

Master cold-calling and eliminate rejection forever In the newest edition of Smart Calling: Eliminate the Fear, Failure, and Rejection from Cold Calling, celebrated author and sales trainer, Art Sobczak packs even more powerful insight into what many people fear: prospecting by phone for new business. This best-selling guide to "never experiencing rejection again" has consistently found its way into the Top 20 in Amazon's Sales category, because its actionable sales tips and techniques have helped many minimize their fears and eliminate rejection. The newest edition builds upon the very successful formula of the last edition to help sales professionals take control of their strategy and get more yeses from their prospects. With new information, this info-packed release provides powerful sales insights, including: The foundational concepts of cold calling, featuring real-life examples you can carry with you into your sales career Multiple case studies and messaging from successful salespeople across the globe, providing even more insight into what works and what's a waste of your time New methodologies that are proven to push you past your fear and into the world of successful prospecting Free access to Art Sobczak's Smart Calling Companion Course, where he builds on the many techniques and strategies in the book, and will update it with new material and tech resources so that you will always have the current best practices and tools. If you're failing to convert your prospects into dollars, Smart Calling will help you push past the obstacles holding you back until you're an expert at taking a "no" and turning it into a "yes.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119676738

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Radio, Race, and Audible Difference in Post-1945 America

Radio, Race, and Audible Difference in Post-1945 America

How New York Became American, 1890–1924

How New York Became American, 1890–1924

Smart Calling

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