| Abstract: | EMPIRE: WILLIAM S. PALEY AND THE MAKING OF CBS by Lewis J. Paper (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987—$19.95) INVENTING AMERICAN BROADCASTING: 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987—$29.50) TELEVISION WESTERNS: MAJOR AND MINOR SERIES, 1946-1978 by Richard West (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1987—$19.95) THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING by John Witherspoon and Roselle Kovitz (Current, 2311 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009—$7.95, paper) two illustrated discount books on TV history RADIOS—THE GOLDEN AGE by Phillip Collins (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1987—$14.95, paper with a hardback available) CHILDREN AND TELEVISION: A CHALLENGE FOR EDUCATION edited by Michael Manley-Casimir and Carmen Luke (New York: Praeger, 1987—$39.95) PRIMETIME: NETWORK TELEVISION PROGRAMMING by Richard A. Blum and Richard D. Lindheim (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1987—$19.95, paper) three recent television texts from Sage Publications |
