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Bread and circuses: mass entertainment focusing on emotional and sensory stimulation has put Americans in danger of suffering the fate of the Romans, who entertained themselves into oblivion. (Mass Entertainment)
- Source :
- The New American. Feb 10, 2003, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p38, 4 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- The Roman satirist Juvenal, writing in the first century AD, lamented that "the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly […]
- Subjects :
- Entertainment industry -- Planning
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Details
- ISSN :
- 08856540
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- The New American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.97822455