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Essays on 1930s-1950s America

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Oct 10, 2026ACX

Your Book Review: We Present Television

This book review examines 'We Present Television' (1940), a collection of essays by early TV pioneers describing the birth of television, written when TV was still experimental and before classic shows like 'I Love Lucy' existed.

66 min read 10,174 words

Jul 17, 2026ACX

Your Book Review: Great And Desperate Cures

A review of 'Great and Desperate Cures' by Elliot Valenstein, which examines the history of lobotomy and psychosurgery, explaining how tens of thousands of patients underwent dangerous brain operations from the 1930s-1950s despite poor evidence of effectiveness.

132 min read 20,439 words

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