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America in the Movies

Or, "Santa Maria, It Had Slipped My Mind"

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Type
Studies
Subject
Studio
Keywords
Hollywood, cinema influence, United States
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Collection
Science & Policy
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback206 pages
5 ½ x 8 ¾ inches (14 x 22 cm)
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
0-231-07099-3
978-0-231-07099-7
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Book Presentation:
'America in the Movies is a brilliant romp through the fertile field of Hollywood's vision of America in the 1940s and 50s. With geniality and insight, Michael Wood exposes the tangle of fantasy and reality in the waning days of the studio system.' -- Leo Braudy, University of Southern California

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