Written originally for a special issue of the New Yorker in 1978 and reissued here with a new Foreword by the author, Within the Context of No Context is George Trow's brilliant exposition on the state of American culture and 20th century life.
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Written originally for a special issue of the New Yorker in 1978 and reissued here with a new Foreword by the author, Within the Context of No Context is George Trow's brilliant exposition on the state of American culture and 20th century life.
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Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the reissue with a new foreword. Light creasing at the bottom corners of the glossy wrappers, near fine. Originally printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First printing of the reissue with a new foreword. Margins faintly tanned else fine in trifle soiled, fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Trow on the front fly. Trow's classic indictment of American television, first printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Small stain on the topedge of the text not effecting the interior else fine in a fine dust jacket modestly tanned at the spine and top of the flaps. A sharp copy. Review copy with slip and author photo laid in. First printing in book form. Originally printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980, the first time the magazine dedicated its central section to one piece of writing. An indictment of how television destroyed America's sense of public culture and history, as well as how television marketing demographics have divided people based on age and arbitrarily assigned them characteristics that have replaced historical context. The essay has since become a touchstone among intellectuals and has been reprinted several times.
