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Provides a balanced assessment of how mainstream cinema portrays the American past.

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"This smart, instructive book benefits from very real strengths--thorough research augmented by new interviews with filmmakers, precise writing accompanied by an appreciation for complexity--but perhaps most refreshing is its sense of fairness."--Publishers Weekly


"A 'must read' for those who study, research, and write about the history of the motion picture."--Journal of Popular Film and Television


"A timely attempt to open new dialogues about the ways historians present their work and reach wider audiences."--The Historian

History by Hollywood Second Edition

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    A Paperback / softback by Robert Toplin

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/02/2010
      ISBN13: 9780252076893, 978-0252076893
      ISBN10: 0252076893

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a balanced assessment of how mainstream cinema portrays the American past.

      Trade Review

      "This smart, instructive book benefits from very real strengths--thorough research augmented by new interviews with filmmakers, precise writing accompanied by an appreciation for complexity--but perhaps most refreshing is its sense of fairness."--Publishers Weekly


      "A 'must read' for those who study, research, and write about the history of the motion picture."--Journal of Popular Film and Television


      "A timely attempt to open new dialogues about the ways historians present their work and reach wider audiences."--The Historian

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