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Cop Shows: A Critical History of Police Dramas on Television

Contributor(s): Sabin, Roger (Author), Wilson, Ronald (Author), Speidel, Linda (Author)

ISBN: 9780786448197

Publisher: McFarland & Company

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Pub Date: March 23, 2015

Dewey: 791.456556

LCCN: 2015005669

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.46" H x 9.87" L x 7.49" W ( 0.90 lbs) 228 pages

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Description: "This collection of essays examines Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Naked City, The Untouchables, The F.B.I., Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch, Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, CSI, The Shield, The Wire, and Justified"--

Brief description: Roger Sabin is a professor of popular culture at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. He has written several books, and reviews for the international press. He lives in London, United Kingdom.

Review Quotes: "smart and informative...valuable...excellent"--Classic Images; "thoughtful overview of the history of police dramas"--HARTS & Minds: The Journal of Humanities and Arts.

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