"Jim Cullen's beguiling scholarship offers a nimble treatment of what was arguably American television's most influential scripted series, made in the waning days of the now bygone mass audience." -- Robert Thompson, Founding Director, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, Syracuse University "'All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then?" by Jim Cullen -- USA Today "Those were the days: As 'All in the Family' turns 50, a look at why it succeeded" by Jim Cullen -- New York Daily News "Little did I know about the world Archie Bunker and All in the Family were born into until I read Jim Cullen's informed and perceptive Those Were the Days: Why All In The Family Still Matters ." -- Norman Lear "A very accessible and highly readable study that situates All in the Family aptly in its historical moment. It illuminates why the show became a landmark and what makes it so special to this day." -- Christina von Hodenberg, author of Television's Moment: Sitcom Audiences and the Sixties Cultural Revolution Mary Baker Eddy Library podcast: Jean Stapleton and the spiritual dimensions of "All in the Family" episode -- Seekers and Scholars podcast "Norman Lear deserves his Golden Globe award -- does America deserve him?" by Benjamin Lear -- The Foreward "From how each character evolved to the family's resemblance to real-life changes and developing social awareness, Those Were the Days provides a solid study that will serve as discussion material for any media studies or American social history classroom." -- Donovan's Literary Services.