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History by Hollywood / Robert Brent Toplin.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780252076893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0252076893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/658
LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9  T675h 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Mississippi burning : "a standard to which we couldn't live up" -- JFK : "fact, fiction, and supposition" -- Sergeant York : "if that is propaganda, we plead guilty" -- Missing : "an assualt on the integrity of the U.S. government, the Foreign Service, and the military" -- Bonnie and Clyde : "violence of the most grisly sort" -- Patton : "deliberately planned as a Rorschach test" -- All the President's men : "the story that people know and remember" -- Norma Rae : "a female Rocky".
Summary: "This smart, instructive book benefits from very real strengths--thorough research augmented by new interviews with filmmakers, precise writing accompanied by an appreciation for complexity--but perhaps most refreshing is its sense of fairness."--Publishers Weekly "A 'must read' for those who study, research, and write about the history of the motion picture."--Journal of Popular Film and Television "A timely attempt to open new dialogues about the ways historians present their work and reach wider audiences."
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1995.9 T675h 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000158619

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index.

Mississippi burning : "a standard to which we couldn't live up" -- JFK : "fact, fiction, and supposition" -- Sergeant York : "if that is propaganda, we plead guilty" -- Missing : "an assualt on the integrity of the U.S. government, the Foreign Service, and the military" -- Bonnie and Clyde : "violence of the most grisly sort" -- Patton : "deliberately planned as a Rorschach test" -- All the President's men : "the story that people know and remember" -- Norma Rae : "a female Rocky".

"This smart, instructive book benefits from very real strengths--thorough research augmented by new interviews with filmmakers, precise writing accompanied by an appreciation for complexity--but perhaps most refreshing is its sense of fairness."--Publishers Weekly "A 'must read' for those who study, research, and write about the history of the motion picture."--Journal of Popular Film and Television "A timely attempt to open new dialogues about the ways historians present their work and reach wider audiences."

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