popular culture

Looks at the history of Hello Kitty, a cartoon character who is shped like a bobtail cat and wears a bow in her hair and who has become a world icon, discussing her creation in Japan, and more.

This book recounts the enduring products, innovative trends, and fun fads of the 1960s and 1970s.

This book recounts the enduring products, innovative trends, and fun fads of the 1940s and 1950s.

This book recounts the enduring products, innovative trends, and fun fads of the 1920s and the 1930s.

This book recounts the enduring products, innovative trends, and fun fads of the years of the 1900s and 1910s.

Collects sixteen essays that examine ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States.

Examines how marketers research the tastes, desires, and attitudes of American teenagers and capitalize on them, and explores the culture American teenagers inhabit, discussing how it differs from that of generations past.

Musician Chuck D, lead singer for Public Enemy, discusses the world of Rap and Hip-Hop, arguing that the genre and its performers have been too often ignored, and offers his opinions about racism, ethnic prejudice, classism, fanatical nationalism, and other issues affecting African-Americans in modern society.