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Book SynopsisIncludes essays that explore the rapid developments of the 1910s that began with D W Griffith's unrivaled one-reelers.
Trade Review“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”
— American Quarterly
“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”
— American Quarterly
Table of ContentsIntroduction : Movies and the 1910s / Ben Singer and Charlie Keil
1910 : Movies, reform, and new women / Scott Simmon
1911 : Movies and the stability of the institution / EIleen Bowser
1912 : Movies, innovative nostalgia, and real-life threats / Richard Abel
1913 : Movies and the beginning of a new era / Charlie Keil
1914 : Movies and cultural hierarchy / Rob King
1915 : Movies and the state of the union / Lee Grieveson
1916 : Movies and the ambiguities of progressivism / Shelley Stamp
1917 : Movies and practical patriotism / Leslie Midkiffe DeBauche
1918 : Movies, propaganda, and entertainment / James Latham
1919 : Movies and righteous Americanism / Ben Singer
