labor, 3, 12, 14, 24, 33, 37–38, 43–45, 74, 80, 115, 197, 199, 201, 203, 233, 245

labor union, 11, 34, 37–38, 43–45, 115, 119, 127, 140, 187, 197, 199, 200–203, 218n1, 233, 239n2, 245–246

Laclau, Ernesto, 141, 271

Ladd, Diane, 207, 277, 280

Lassiter, Matthew D., 142, 271

Laughlin, Tom, 77, 103–104, 108–110, 194, 277

law and order, 154

Leab, Daniel J., 24, 195, 219–220, 223–224, 226–227, 271

Leary, Timothy, 49, 108

Lemkos, 250, 257n6

Lev, Peter, 93, 148, 151, 153, 155, 194, 204, 242, 271

liberalism, 39, 154, 157

Lindsay, John, 32

Lo Bianco, Tony, 234, 277

Londoner, David J., 75, 271

Lonely Are the Brave, 10, 46, 83, 107

Lucas, George, 244, 246, 277

“malaise” speech (Jimmy Carter), 242

Maland, Charles J., 248, 271

Marciano, Rocky, 224–225, 236, 239n1

Marcuse, Herbert, 49, 271

Mardi Gras, 83, 91, 93

marijuana, 89, 92, 100n4, 118, 183, 214

Martin, Bradford, 166, 243, 271

Martin, Strother, 211, 278, 279

Marx (Marxism), 34, 37–39, 96, 210, 264

Maude, 244

McCarthy, Joseph, 73

McGovern, George, 197

McLuhan, Marshall, 59

Meany, George, 197

media, 1, 5, 9–10, 13, 18, 22, 31–32, 44, 59–60, 68n2, 94, 102, 123, 127, 129–130, 132, 260–262

Medicare, 49, 139

Medium Cool, 18, 22, 60, 71–72, 99, 102, 110–111, 123–134, 143, 163, 279

Mellencamp, John, 64

Melling, P.H., 42, 271

Meredith, Burgess, 225, 280

MGM, 36

middle class, 7, 11–12, 14–15, 17–18, 21, 23–24, 33–35, 40–41, 46, 54, 67, 78–79, 96, 115, 130, 133, 141, 143–145, 150–153, 163, 194, 197, 207, 222–223, 243, 256, 260, 262–263

Midnight Cowboy, 32, 167, 280

Miller, Timothy, 90, 272

misogyny, 147, 220, 227, 261

mob/organized crime, 45, 200, 222, 225, 233, 239n2

Monaco, James, 127, 198, 272

Monaco, Paul, 46, 51–52, 65, 73–74, 76–77, 83, 123, 131, 272

Moody, Kim, 197, 272

Mordden, Ethan, 123, 272

More American Graffiti, 245–247, 280

Motion Pictures Patents Company (The Trust), 36–37

Mouffe, Chantal, 141, 271

movie brats, 194, 204

Movie of the Week, 75