{"product_id":"9781118976494","title":"Hollywood's America Understanding History Through Film","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHollywood's America\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUnderstanding History Through Film\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSteven Mintz | Randy W. Roberts | David Welky\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 20th Century \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eHollywood’s America\u003c\/i\u003e provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents that allows students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new edition of this classic textbook, which ties movies into the broader narrative of US and film history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis fifth edition contains nine new chapters, with a greater overall emphasis on recent film history, and new primary source documents which are unavailable online\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEntries range from the first experiments with motion pictures all the way to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWell-organized within a chronological framework with thematic treatments to provide a valuable resource for students of the history of American film\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Mintz \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and Executive director of the University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning. He is the author and editor of fourteen books, including T\u003ci\u003ehe Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDomestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eAfrican American\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVoices\u003c\/i\u003e (4th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), \u003ci\u003eMexican American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), and \u003ci\u003eNative American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of History at Purdue University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eJohn Wayne American \u003c\/i\u003e(with James S. Olson, 1995)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory \u003c\/i\u003e(with James S. Olson,2000), \u003ci\u003eJoe Louis: Hard Times Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eA Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eRising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath and Dixie’s Last Quarter \u003c\/i\u003e(with Ed Krzemienski, 2014). Roberts has served frequently as a consultant and on-camera commentator for PBS, HBO, and the History Channel. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Welky\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of History at the University of Central Arkansas. Among his most recent publications are \u003ci\u003eThe Moguls and the Dictators: Hollywood and the Coming of World War II\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eEverything was Better in America: Mainstream Print Culture and the Great Depression \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eAmerica Between the Wars, 1919–1941: A Documentary Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), \u003ci\u003eJohn Wayne\u003c\/i\u003e (with Randy Roberts, 2012), and \u003ci\u003eMarching Across the Color Line: A. 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