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Book Title: What Women Watched: Daytime Television In The 1950S
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Marsha F. Cassidy
Publication Name: What Women Watched : Daytime Television in the 1950s
Format: Mass Market
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
