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American History through Hollywood Film: From the Revolution to the 1960s

American History through Hollywood Film: From the Revolution to the 1960s

Stokes, Melvyn

Hardcover

Film StudiesGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 144117429X
ISBN13: 9781441174291
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jan 30 2014
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

American History through Hollywood Film offers a new perspective on major issues in American history from the 1770s to the end of the twentieth century and explores how they have been represented in film. Melvyn Stokes examines how and why representation has changed over time, looking at the origins, underlying assumptions, production, and reception of an important cross-section of historical films.

Chapters deal with key events in American history including the American Revolution, the Civil War and its legacy, the Great Depression, and the anti-communism of the Cold War era. Major themes such as ethnicity, slavery, Native Americans and Jewish immigrants are covered and a final chapter looks at the way the 1960s and 70s have been dealt with by Hollywood. This book is essential reading for anyone studying American history and the relationship between history and film.

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