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Media, memory, and the First World War
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David Williams |
Why does the Great War seem part of modern memory when its rituals of mourning and remembrance were traditional, romantic, even classical? In this highly original history of memory, David Williams sh… |
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The Capra touch
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Matthew C. Gunter |
"During World War II, Frank Capra (1897-1991) made propaganda films for the U.S. government. These entries in the Why We Fight documentary series have been largely neglected by Capra scholars. This w… |
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Film and the end of empire
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Lee Grieveson |
"In these two volumes of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergence of cinema at the height of imperalism, to moments… |
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Wartime kiss
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Alexander Nemerov |
"Wartime Kiss is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and films from World War II and the later 1940s. Starting with a powerful reinterpretation of one of the most famo… |
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Masculinity in Vietnam War narratives
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Brenda M. Boyle |
"This book examines the ways in which the war and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity. Finally, the book illustrates how, decades later, the mas… |
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World War II on the big screen
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Doris Milberg |
"This illustrated narrative combines a historical perspective of World War II --and the events that followed--with chronological synopses of the films that reflect those turbulent years. Included are… |
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The First World War and popular cinema
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Michael Paris |
The authors examine film and propaganda and the development of national cinemas. |
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Hollywood enlists!
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Ralph Donald |
This book explores how the Hollywood studios used sophisticated strategies of propaganda to ideologically unite the country during World War II. Through such films as Sergeant York, Casablanca, They … |
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Reel Civil War
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Bruce Chadwick |
"More movies have been produced about the Civil War than about any other aspect of American history. From 1903 (Uncle Tom's Cabin) to the present, film studios have released more than eight hundred s… |
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La guerra de Vietnam, entre la historia y el cine
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José María Caparrós Lera |
Obra eminentemente didáctica sobre historia cinematográfica donde se realiza un recorrido práctico-teórico a través de los diversos tratamietos del cine histórico para centrarse en la guerra de Vietn… |
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Fiction as fact
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Neil Longley York |
"Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson led a cavalry expedition that General Ulysses S. Grant hoped would distract Confederate forces while the Union army made its move toward Vicksburg. In the spring of 1… |
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