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Pessen, Edward, 1920-1992

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

American Presidency: The Men and the Office, May 21 - September 21, 1974

 Sub-Series
Abstract From the program announcement: "'The American Presidency: The Men and the Office' is one of the most ambitious and timely programs ever presented on early morning television. This 54 part CBS television series focuses on what has become the most important political institution in the contemporary world." "The personality of the man and the demands of the times have shaped the office. Woodrow Wilson once observed about the person who assumes the presidency, 'his office is anything he has the...
Dates: Broadcast: May 21 - September 21, 1974

Transformation of American Society, May 18 - September 18, unknown year

 Sub-Series
Abstract From the program announcement: "The values and assumptions which the United States and indeed western civilization cherished for over three hundred years began to lose their dominance in the early part of the 20th century. Although much of the Old Culture lives on at various levels in our consciousness, we now live in the ruins of one era and the psychic uncertainty and physical turmoil of an age yet to come. While no one can predict the full implications of the emerging New Culture, it is...
Dates: Broadcast: May 18 - September 18, unknown year