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24 produkter
Pre-Code Hollywood
Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930–1934
Häftad, 1999
238 kr
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Pre-Code Hollywood explores the fascinating period in American motion picture history from 1930 to 1934 when the commandments of the Production Code Administration were violated with impunity in a series of wildly unconventional films-a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of …
Projections of War
Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II
Häftad, 1999
588 kr
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Thomas Doherty reveals how and why Hollywood marshaled its artistic resources on behalf of the war effort and interprets the cultural meanings and enduring legacies of the motion picture record of the war years. He explains the social, political, and economic forces that created such genre classics …
Cold War, Cool Medium
Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture
Inbunden, 2003
2205 kr
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Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant …
Cold War, Cool Medium
Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture
Häftad, 2005
317 kr
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Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant …
Hollywood's Censor
Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration
Inbunden, 2007
1283 kr
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From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one …
Hollywood's Censor
Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration
Häftad, 2009
336 kr
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From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one …
Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939
Inbunden, 2013
1192 kr
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Between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis and the full meaning of Nazism came slowly to Hollywood, growing more ominous and distinct only as the decade wore on. Recapturing what ordinary Americans saw on the screen during the emerging Nazi threat, Thomas Doherty reclaims forgotten films, …
Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939
Häftad, 2015
299 kr
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Between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis and the full meaning of Nazism came slowly to Hollywood, growing more ominous and distinct only as the decade wore on. Recapturing what ordinary Americans saw on the screen during the emerging Nazi threat, Thomas Doherty reclaims forgotten films, …
Show Trial
Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist
Häftad, 2019
290 kr
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In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the major studios pledged to never again employ a known …
Show Trial
Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist
Inbunden, 2018
1157 kr
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In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the major studios pledged to never again employ a known …
Little Lindy Is Kidnapped
How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century
Inbunden, 2020
891 kr
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The biggest crime story in American history began on the night of March 1, 1932, when the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was snatched from his crib in Hopewell, New Jersey. The news shocked a nation enthralled with the aviator, the first person to fly solo nonstop across the …
Little Lindy Is Kidnapped
How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century
Häftad, 2022
196 kr
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The biggest crime story in American history began on the night of March 1, 1932, when the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was snatched from his crib in Hopewell, New Jersey. The news shocked a nation enthralled with the aviator, the first person to fly solo nonstop across the …
How Film Became History
The Rise of the Archival Documentary in 1930s America
Inbunden, 2026
1010 kr
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By the 1930s, filmmakers had access to a backlog of footage from nearly forty years of motion pictures, allowing them to create a new kind of film stitched together from the raw material of older films. At around the same time, the transition to synchronous sound added a transformative new element …
How Film Became History
The Rise of the Archival Documentary in 1930s America
Häftad, 2026
263 kr
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By the 1930s, filmmakers had access to a backlog of footage from nearly forty years of motion pictures, allowing them to create a new kind of film stitched together from the raw material of older films. At around the same time, the transition to synchronous sound added a transformative new element …
Cold War, Cool Medium
Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture
E-bok, 2005
478 kr
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Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant …
Hollywood's Censor
Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration
E-bok, 2009
506 kr
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From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one …
Surviving Climate Anxiety: A Guide to Coping, Healing, and Thriving
Inbunden, 2025
347 kr
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True Grit
Häftad, 2026
214 kr
Kommande
Preeminent film historian Thomas Doherty explores the blockbuster 1969 film adaptation of the Charles Portis novel True Grit, which stars John Wayne in his only Oscar-winning performance. The year 1969 was a tipping point for Hollywood cinema and a good year for Westerns. In 1968 the censorious …
Surviving Climate Anxiety
Coping, Healing and Thriving on a Changing Planet
Inbunden, 2025
223 kr
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Climate change anxiety is one of the biggest mental health threats of our times. If you find it hard to tear yourself away from doomscrolling, or it feels impossible not to worry about the world we are leaving to future generations, then you are not alone.Surviving Climate Anxiety is the essential …
Surviving Climate Anxiety
Coping, Healing and Thriving on a Changing Planet
Häftad, 2025
233 kr
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If you ever feel dread as you doomscroll news stories about climate change, or despair when you think about the world we are leaving to future generations, you are not alone. With environmental disasters mounting, predictions for the future of our planet worsening, and solutions feeling like a drop …
Surviving Climate Anxiety
Coping, Healing and Thriving on a Changing Planet
E-bok, 2025
91 kr
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Climate change anxiety is one of the biggest mental health threats of our times. If you find it hard to tear yourself away from doomscrolling, or it feels impossible not to worry about the world we are leaving to future generations, then you are not alone. Surviving Climate Anxiety is the essential …
Surviving Climate Anxiety
Coping, Healing and Thriving on a Changing Planet
Häftad, 2026
147 kr
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If you ever feel dread as you doomscroll news stories about climate change, or despair when you think about the world we are leaving to future generations, you are not alone. With environmental disasters mounting, predictions for the future of our planet worsening, and solutions feeling like a drop …
Teenagers and Teenpics
Juvenilization of American Movies
Häftad, 2002
325 kr
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Teenagers and Teenpics tells the story of two signature developments in the 1950s: the decline of the classical Hollywood cinema and the emergence of that strange new creature, the American teenager. Hollywood's discovery of the teenage moviegoer initiated a progressive "juvenilization" of film …
Little Lindy Is Kidnapped
How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century
Ljudbok, 2021
293 kr
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The biggest crime story in American history began on the night of March 1, 1932, when the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was snatched from his crib in Hopewell, New Jersey. The news shocked a nation enthralled with the aviator, the first person to fly solo nonstop across the …
