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America in the Movies

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

by Michael Wood

Type
Studies
Subject
StudioHollywood
Keywords
Hollywood, cinema influence, United States
Publishing date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Collection
Science & Policy
Language
English
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Relative size
Physical desc.
Paperback • 206 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

See the publisher website: Columbia University Press

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