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Alternative title: Fame in the Twentieth Century

Author:agent Clive James

Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Fame in the 20th Century

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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Clive James examines how the concept of fame has evolved in the course of the 20th Century with the rise of the mass media. He discusses the theory that now people are famous for who they are rather than for what they have done.

Notes

Related to the television programme of the same name.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: BBC Books

London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: BBC Books , 1993 .

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Extent: 256p.
Description: illus. (some col.), ports.
Reprinted: 1994 With ISBN 0140234993 (pbk.)

Note/s:

Includes index.

ISBN: 056336274X, 9780563362746
Publisher: Random House

New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: Random House , 1993 .

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Extent: 256p.
Edition info: 1st US ed.
Description: illus., (some col.).

Note/s:

Includes index.

ISBN: 067942699X