The Columbia Companion to American History on Film

Author Peter C. Rollins

Publisher Columbia University Press

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Peter C. Rollins

Publisher

Columbia University Press

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Copyright

2004

ISBN13

9780231508391

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College Freshman - College Senior

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A reference guide for newcomers to film studies. Advanced scholars will also benefit from the historical analyses and interpretations of film texts.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Eras.
2: The Puritan Era and the Puritan Mind.
3: The 1890s.
4: The 1920s.
5: The 1930s.
6: The 1960s.
7: The 1970s.
8: The 1980s.
9: Wars and Other Major Events.
10: The American Revolution.
11: The Civil War and Reconstruction.
12: The Cold War.
13: The Korean War.
14: The Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War.
15: The Vietnam War.
16: Westward Expansion and the Indian Wars.
17: World War I.
18: World War II: Documentaries.
19: World War II: Feature Films.
20: Notable People.
21: The Antebellum Frontier Hero.
22: Christopher Columbus.
23: The Founding Fathers.
24: Indian Leaders.
25: The Kennedys.
26: Abraham Lincoln.
27: Richard Nixon.
28: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
29: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
30: Harry S. Truman.
31: George Washington.
32: Groups.
33: African Americans After World War II.
34: Arab Americans.
35: Asian Americans.
36: Catholic Americans.
37: Children and Teenagers in the Twentieth Century.
38: Irish Americans.
39: Italian Americans.
40: Jewish Americans.
41: Mexican Americans.
42: Native Americans.
43: Radicals and Radicalism.
44: Robber Barons, Media Moguls, and Power Elites.
45: Women from the Colonial Era to 1900.
46: Women in the Twentieth Century.
47: Institutions and Movements.
48: Baseball.
49: City and State Government.
50: Civil Rights.
51: Congress.
52: The Family.
53: Football.
54: Journalism and the Media.
55: The Labor Movement and the Working Class.
56: Militias and Extremist Political Movements.
57: The Political Machine.
58: The Presidency After World War II.
59: Private Schools.
60: Public High Schools.
61: Places.
62: The Midwest.
63: The “New” West and the New Western.
64: New York City.
65: The Sea.
66: The Small Town.
67: The South.
68: Space.
69: Suburbia.
70: Texas and the South
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